CamelhAir: Now there you forgot 1 thing.
There have always, and will always be, 'too many' low-houred pilots trying to get in. So on the bottom of the food chain, you do not have much choice as I see it. It's either you, or somebody else.
However, once you're in and have flown for quite a while, well that's the point when you actually become interesting for companies. How many ads do you see asking for 200-1000 hour SPA pilots? Not too many.
Now, how many ads do you see for 5000+ MPA pilots? Exactly.
It's the getting in part which is hard, once you're much more experienced you're a lot more valuable. Of course nowadays salaries are lower than they once were, nonetheless the salaries are still pretty high. Well, more than high enough for me anyway (I'm talking command salaries by the way) So you won't hear me complain, as long as I can do the job that I want to do.
If I would be interested in glamour or money only I'd be in a different bussiness...