Goodwxpilot - As Wazzoo has already said, stop talking out of your ar$e. (OK, I may be paraphrasing here!)
There is nothing to indicate that Dreamer1 paid £70k for his training. (S)He might have, but (s)he might not have.
I don't know of a single major scheduled or charter Jet operator(in the UK) that will take on a newly qualified pilot, type rate them and then pay them the full FO wage. If you do, by all means get your CV in but you don't know what you're talking about.
Anyone in this position will join on a S.O. (or TEP in BA) salary to pay back some of the training costs. If Dreamer1 gets in, then (s)he's pretty much made for life, a nice place to be.
The BA min DEP req's are now 750hrs, or at least they were the last time BA advertised on their site for recruitment, so not exactly low houred.
Not often a (wannabe?)pilot is told this, but get your head out of the clouds (and your ar$e) and wisen up.
