The hiring of large numbers of zero hour and low time pilots scares the bejeebers out of me......
At some point someone in Flight Ops needs to tell the decision makers on the board the consequences of diminishing the experience level in the cockpit! As if it wasn't already obvious.....
We either provide our customers a premium product....or we don't. And unless we are becoming a LCC, that premium product begins in the cockpit!
The zero hour candidates should be hired in reasonable proportion to experienced pilots. Our pay and benefits package must be pegged so as to attract experienced pilots.
If safety is truly our number one concern, then we need to put our money where our mouth is....just like we do when we hire our board members and managers.