The Ryanair way !
You lot want to wake up and get with the fact that the world dont owe you all a living just because you have a FATPL.
Twenty years back this forum would have been going on about " unfair" training bonds.
Well after years of having unscrupulus pilots "jumping" training bonds and it not being worth chasing them in the courts the industry has got wise and made you all pay up front........unfortunatly the profession only has its self to blame for the situation that the budding airline pilots of today find them selfs in , after all as an employer would you invest £20K in trainning to have the pilot leave within the year ?.
As for flying as cabin crew the Deal is not so bad with Ryanair , the #1 in the cabin can expect to make about £3-4K per year more that a #1 with a UK charter airline and not have to do a lot of night flying.
I think what has has got you lot realy pi$$ed off is that you feel that a cabin crew job is below your mighty status as pilots.
The fact is that most of you are to wet behind the ears to cop on to the fact that a pilot with out "industry" experience is not worth much and you will learn a lot about the industry from working in the cabin that will be of value to you as a pilot.
I started within the industry before I went flying and that experience made me a much better pilot and on one or two occations MAY have saved me from making a fatal mistake.
My advice to all of you looking for a job is to get a foot in the airline door , its much easyer to get a job from inside the industry.