Roja
You are extremely dilusional those good times you speak of are here at the moment,finding a first job has never been this easy believe me! If you'd been looking for a job in 1993/4/5 you'd be in an even more difficult situation trust me I was there things turned around towards the end of the ninties and have improved steadily since. Paying for type ratings just to get that first job will have a downward force on terms and conditions which will affect you guys much more than me.(only got about 12 years to go)
Salaries today are,in real terms that is around 50% of what they were 20 years ago. A friend of mine driving trains for South West trains earns as much as a first officer at some of the loco's and doesn't work as hard or as long! You only have to look at the lifestyles of the current BA retiree's and compare what a current new hire can look forward to,to see what I mean.
Still you comit proffesional suicde if you like its your call!