know what is coming next. Direct Entry Trainers. If they can't get them from within they will look elsewhere.
Legend has it that a few years ago in an uncharacteristic demonstration of forward thinking AAR contacted one of the well known pilot contract agencies and inquired about the availability of B777 Instructors. The agency assured him that there were a significant number on the agency books. He then identified himself as DVP of all things great at the "keep discovering" airline and claimed that he would have as many training captains as the agency could supply because his current ones were of the "lazy pilot" variety. The agency replied somewhat cautiously that nearly all the training captains registered on their books already worked for Emirates.
Probably not entirely factual but a good story none the less.