Please don't confuse my "so be it" as a "i'm giving up this is inevitable" type attitude. Unfortunately I wasn't one of those lucky people to afford to go to Oxford and so an interview didn't land on my lap. Approximately 80 airlines have my CV and I have had ONE reply - "Thanks we'll contact you if we're scraping the barrel" etc..
My attitude is well if something has to be done then it's better to go and do it - I refer you to my previous comments about weighing up the pros and cons. If an airline invites me to fly for them but I smell a rat then I won't take it pure and simple, it's an informed decision. That's one of the reasons I trawl Pprune amongst other sources for information on employers.
I still stand by any decisions I make, whether people like them or not. Once I am installed in a job (touch wood it happens) then I will be campaigning and pressuring where possible to make companies pay for TR's as much as possible. But unfortunately, that day is past now.