Hey Spaceman Odyssey,
"the cadets are the future of REX".........I fully agree with you, they are going to be the BLEAK future of REX. The next 6 months or so will see the loss of more high tenured Captains that we are now very, very short of. (please don't leave Krusty, the next EBA will be fantastic) The employment of foreigners is not enough to fill these gaps, especially seeing that NONE of the cadets are upgradeable during their contract.
Yes, being in the right seat of anything >5700kg is nice early in your career, ONLY if you are rightly renumerated, respected and know that the company has a career plan for their pilots.......but then again, you will leave in a few years to fly a jet, and another cadet will come and fill your place, thus, "REX Has Solved Its Pilot Shortage"
I've run out of popcorn....so maybe you can tell me where to but some of those Happy Pills you are being fed?