Originally Posted by
rickair7777
What they do is cheaper than paying for their pilots to accumulate real airplane time in general aviation. Or paying to attract experienced pilots from other parts of the world.
The safest airlines in the world are in the US with very few exceptions.
I suppose it would depend on the contract structure, and I am not EU pilot CBA expert...but lowering the amount of time a pilot spends on your list (delaying the entry to the tables), limits lifelong cost. Hiring young pilots who will be on the list for 40 years would be more expensive over their career than hiring middle aged pilots to be on the list for 20.