KA salaries are not always set by market forces, in deed, where KAs are operated by the military (MFTS), the salary will be influenced by location, job complexity and the nature/quality of the pilots required for the task.
Err, that is what I said earlier in the thread. Ascent will only hire ex-mil pilots, because they will do the job better than a civvy pilot, and Ascent will be able to pay them less because they have a military pension.
Ascent will not need to pay them the same salary that a civvy turboprop captain earns (as Beagle and others claimed) because ex-mil pilots would not be able to walk straight into a captain's job on a civvy turboprop. Nor would a civilian turboprop captain be considered for a job with Ascent - as you say it is the wrong sort of experience.
Ascent will get plenty of takers from ex-mil aircrew who would prefer to fly as captain on an Ascent KA than start as a co-pilot on a civilian fleet.
RAF useless dribble
Just remember to put the gear down more often then
