Lol yeah, and you know what the agency would do? Super-glue stick us ALL right the fuck where we are until we retire or resign. The agency and us have wildly different perspectives on what our “staffing issue” entails. — We are all just numbers, they [management] are all just plebs who want to do anything in their power to ensure we don’t get where we want to be for as long as possible because… numbers.
Trainees should start at lower levels and get what they get, if it’s where they want to be and they like the pay good for them. If they want to move up and/or elsewhere, they put in the time after allowing CPCs to move up before them and staff the NAS from the bottom up. Then after a nice career of graduated facility experience and pay, eventually ride that article 124 train to retirement. Dust settled it makes the most sense for everyone.