aceinspace, bigbrother, you're right of course, it really is a no brainer isn't it.
Something else for management to chew on however. Apparently not only are REX losing, and are about to lose more Captains to local airlines, but more than a dozen have, or are in the process of having interviews with the likes of Cathay and Qatar! Even more interesting, is that a significant number of these are former Cadets!!!
I wonder if REX have any idea at all of what a crewing Clusterf#kc they have presided over?