D.B. And his ilk have been taking refugees since before the Eastern debacle. Twenty five plus years of finding desperate people is a long track record. The only thing that ever changed was when the IBT was brought in to keep them from openly destroying people's careers. They walk a fine line now, knowing that there are tools at a pilot's disposal. But...with so many compliant captains willing to bully a newbie, it is not so easy to do a year. Worse, AJT has gotten a bad reputation with hiring boards, certainly at my airline. Young guys need glass, not a year on a steam gauge dinosaur. Corporate PIC on a modern airplane is much more valuable.