Sireh I agree with you. There are many 1st rate pilots who "choose" to remain and can be counted in the digits of both hands . Well and good and the pool of the remaining pilots are just 3rd rate and getting bigger.
The just ORDINARY pilots gets the ESOS. I heard that is why the ESOS list is not published. Too ordinary to compare and get benchmark.
Need to be EXTRA-ORDINARY, to stand above the crowd, then receive ESOS with the applauds of the pilot community. Sadly lacking