Unfortunately, raising pay is the last thing Eagle, or any company for that matter, will do. It is far cheaper to pay for sim time to get new hires in the short term than it would be to raise wages for all employees over the long term. I agree that increased hourly pay would attract candidates. But no airline would do that, even if they could easily afford it, because then the unions would have the airlines by the balls and they would fall victim to the unions. They would never let that happen.