WX Man, thanks very much old bean
The post was just a quick brain dump of what I was pondering over in the back of mind. I realise that aviation is a wide spectrum with all manner of differing circumstances but felt that a number of 'artifical variables' such as SSTR has changed the river's course so to speak. I guess it's not a bad nor good thing depending on where you stand but in the meantime the rather honest (relatively speaking) issue of turboprop experience is behind crowded out. I agree with the previous posters that there is movement even in the TP world with a number of skippers now holding posts elsewhere. Under such circumstances it would only be natural for them to seek the devil they knew in the form of TP pilots, at least they know what they were getting.
Good one!