I agree with almost your whole post JB, except the implication that anyone who no-shows for a class is in any way "less than honorable." It's an industry-wide arms race for qualified pilots at the moment, and for some reason, the ACMI carriers seem to have this attitude that they are drawing from a different pool of applicants from the rest of the airlines. I see it all the time at K4 - perhaps a throwback to the days when management felt entitled to a newly dying legacy carrier to pick the bones of every five years. If a newhire gets a better offer, their loyalty should be to their family who expect their breadwinner will maximize their dollar value per day away from home, not a hiring department who have chosen to believe they can justify middling compensation because of vague intangibles like "lifestyle" and "culture." ACMI has been a welcome surprise for me, but I wouldn't discourage anyone from exploring their options at the earliest possible opportunity.