There's no way that people aren't applying who are actually qualified. Even companies that operate skyhawks are getting tons of resumes, so I can only imagine what the airlines get on a daily basis. I think it's more towards your second point, it's not who they want, which is whats sad because it falls under my last point. It's not who they want because it's not about quals, its about money and politics. It's unfortunate though that the airlines care more about that then the safety of their crews and pax