"Those that pay the most will keep their pilots, those that don't won't have any".
I agree with this statement but have concerns that the cadet schemes that Q_link and Rex are running (however efficient they may or may not be run) may be a way out for these companies to pay top wages. IF the above companies can survive the pilot shortage by operating with cadets (for the next say, 2 years), paying them sub-standard salaries will undermine the attempts of the more experienced pilots to get the wages they deserve.
It happened in the pilots' strike in the 80's and has happened in other industry strikes as well. Pilots that were willing to work for nothing got the jobs.