...when there are probably thousands of tired old L-10 drivers who would love to be paid big bucks to fly seasonally?
The problem is, ZQA297/30, there simply is not many
tired old L-10 drivers that are still current and qualified, and very few companies will actually pay for requalification....unless they absolutely have to.
And anyway, most of the previous L-10 drivers have either, moved on to another aircraft, permanently retired...or checked out, permanently.
So, that leaves the very few still actively flying the old girl to collect the bennies.