I feel sorry for the poor guy, if pay and conditions were better the gentleman would have thought twice about what he could be losing.
Bulls@#$%t. Plenty of F/O's I fly with are buying houses and new cars. In the same way I don't have sympathy for the Captains who get the sack for changing the altitude knob with their feet. If you are that desperate for more money at Jetstar you chase days off or work at Bunnings. Trying to import drugs from Bali as a pilot has more to do with greed and quick riches than the base salary.