Sadly I agree .
whilst most are busy “ chasing the dream “, there is no plan B .... just a single minded determination to make it to the flight deck because that’s all they want to be .
Most Plan Bs I’m interested in , I find I’m a little too old to apply which is disappointing and as you’ve said there are plenty of qualified applicants for the roles.
Fortuntely my level of distrust for this industry was such I’ve always spent carefully and in no way have I ever come close to spending what I used to earn