The airlines "could" agree to reduce military hiring, or target certain demographics which would have less impact on military ops.

The military could possibly pay for certain demographics (senior staff tour guys) to stay current.

I truly don't think the generals can trade away USERRA, which is what would really get the airlines attention. It's purpose goes far beyond pilot manning. Although I wouldn't put it past some of these arrogant appendages to think that it would be worth selling out all guard and reserve personnel to help fix their management failings.

But regardless...The airlines need pilots bad, and plenty of mil guys want out bad. That's not changing anytime soon. Even if legacies offered flow to retirees (as an incentive to stay in the mil for 20), any junior pilot with an excel spreadsheet can determine that the economics don't make sense.