IMHO part of the issue is the creation of a large pool of pilots with tons of glass jet time.

Experience that would probably have put you at the top of the stack to get hired at a major in the past, when regionals flew few jets.

Now, that relatively larger pool is competing for a proportionally smaller shot at a majors job.

The carrot has been moved.

You could arrange a staple at the same flying pay on the same planes and it seems like most would be happy.

There's a dwindling number of regional airlines to have bid against each other anyway.

It's not like we don't have good metrics, good safety, and good training at XJT so wouldn't a staple probably improve things overall?