Agree with Scroggs, but remember a lot of those airlines are very very selective where they recruit from, or should I say which TRTO they are in bed with!
I do not agree with SSTR, but money talks in a money industry, especially in an era of 'the I want it now kid or I throw my toys out'. Its a time we live in that many kids today have been spoilt and do not know the value of work.
I think it is important to make some important differences. Firstly those who pay for a TR when they do not have a job to go for, as opposed those (like Ryanair) who have a job at the end.
Secondly those who have paid for a TR and earned every penny spent on their flight training (that does not include those who have washed Dads car once for £50,000 or those who sold the BMW daddy bought), as opposed to those who have been funded by the bank of M&D.
Thirdly the SSTR is down to 3 parties, the pilot, the TRTO and the airline. It cannot and will not exist without all 3. There will always be airlines that look to save cash, always TRTO that want cash and always people who have more than sense.
Finally, its not the SSTR pilot who is bringing down wages, its the scruffy pilots with crap RT, dirty shoes,crap maners, gutter accents and treat the industry like a hobby. Perhaps if we all tried to be more Professional we might have cause to demand a professional pay packet.