Well they're just getting rid of the few (very few..) pro-pilot people we had in the dept... it's really a shame.
now we are left with some new dude from pinnacle which coming over from that side i would expect nothing more than Buddy-caliber.
the training itself is done by sim instructors and check airmen most of whom haven't been fired yet (lol..?) so that shouldn't be a problem logistically.
but yeah I agree with you, it's entirely annoying when people talk about upgrade constantly, and it's always the junior ones... the more senior guys have been resigned to their fate a long time ago.