I just don't see any way around this. What pilot group is going to spend negotiating capital, and lots of it, to fund every new hire starting at or near max longevity everything? All new hires making 140/hr with 5 weeks vacation and 240 hours of sick time would be a very expensive item to secure. Talk about "what do you want to give up for that".

Not to mention until a pilot flows, that pilot isn't on property. This is just never going to happen.