Company's will need to compete for talent. It's what they would do if they were having a hard time attracting executive talent, but somehow they don't understand how this works for those that drive the planes?

An airline that reported a couple days ago reduced it's growth forecast dramatically, and had to report significantly higher CASM because of the lower growth rate. Basically they have to spread their fixed costs over fewer flights and are getting lower utilization of assets. It's clear for a growth company that less growth will force higher CASM, so why not just spend the money it takes to compete for the bus drivers?