Scraglad,
I never said I was a pilot!
What people need to realise is that it is the European Union now, if you suggest a 'call to arms' then it's going to take the whole EU to unite together, all they've done until now is fight with each other!
Furthermore, if the airlines can't source 'suitably qualified' pilots from within the EU then they may be able to justify bringing pilots in from outside the EU.
If you can't afford a type rating then you can't afford it thus you're likely to continue your arguments against but these are the facts of life, you don't want the type rating then there will always be a long queue that do.
You talk about the airlines needing 'us' (you) pilots, the airlines need commercial pilots. just because you may have an ATPL does not make you a commercial pilot, you need to get an 'in' first to be one of the so called 'us'!