Don't think anyone has a problem with working as cc. I know one or two people who moved down to the sharp end after working several years in the back with the passengers.
However what really gets me is the 'ok pay us 3000 pounds to get a cc qualification (whilst so many airlines are desperate for them as stated earlier). Then if they do want you as fc they'll ask for another 20000 ish', and yet still not guarentee you a job. No noone owes us anything if we only have an fatpl, except for maybe a little respect for the hard work we have put in to get this far which it seems CAE can't be bothered to do. What happens next. Do they start making you pay for the six monthly sim check??? Maybe i shouldn't have said that or management might institute that as policy. If it does happen i apologise to all you guys working for FR.
Like i said cc is just as important for flight safety as the pilots themselves, but i'm getting fed up of pay pay pay pay and then we'll think about giving you a job attitude. The selection is no longer based purely on skill but on finances as well. I say bring back the good old policy of 'bonding'. And i do think it is unfair to reply to someone's pilot application by not just saying no, or reapply in x months.