And if they also understood the true nature of commercial aviation
The nature of commercial aviation is that it is a BUSINESS. One vital part of managing a business is to ensure you attract and retain enough qualified staff to operate that business.
If skippers is at the point where it has less crews than aircraft, it has failed in this basic management task.
Tell me aircraft:- as you, at the grand old age of 23, apparently have a better grasp of the fundementals of aviation than those of us who've been involved for decades, what do YOU think skippers should do to ensure it's aircraft keep flying and it doesn't lose its mining contracts?