Titan Slave - ROFL!
What's going on defies belief both within, and from outside of the aviation community. And it's not just pilots. There's countless FAs doing SFA as well.
No sims carried out in June, none rostered in July - because they "need THE GUYS to fly" - "the guys" being the Training Captains?? Who knows. But if that's the case, wouldn't you hold off for another month or two, train up normal Captains and FO's, allowing normal crew to fly the planes while the training crew continued to train??
As for the contractors taking their type rating to VA, I'd have to agree with porch monkey about the colour of the grass...JT leaving unplanned with Blunty taking the slack temporarily, JB's "Better Business Plan" - the VA GROUP (not just the airline) seem like they're sailing without a Captain at the moment