Managements' temporary cure for this is offering signing bonuses to candidates that complete training. I think that this is a disservice to our profession because those bonuses can go away at any time. There is nothing contractual about the signing bonuses. If we are truly going to entice new entrants into this industry we (the pilot groups) and the Unions (our advocates) need to raise first year pay and make it contractual. If we are able to obtain decent first year pay rates, we might be able to raise the remainder of the rates. Also, if the rates are contractual then they are much more difficult to cut and slash!