Time to stop paying - absolutely. In fact along this line of thought, what if every single pilot in the world joined forces and said in one strong voice "No more flying unless we all get 100,000£ a year and a porsche" I think we'd get it too! Or what if we all said "No more paying for ANYTHING ourselves, not the ATPL or CPL/IR or MCC or anything." Imagine if every single person who ever considered flying sat on his butt and said that. Nope... not until companies pay for everything. Finally companies would have 0 applicants and they'd be forced to comply. Right? Imagine them T&C's right, my god...
But you know what, it ain't happening sunshine... not in a million years. Self-funding is here and it's staying. It's most certainly going to get worse before it gets better again, some interesting times ahead I should think.