It's no wonder that our industry is going down the drain. Thanks to that horrible word, CADET. People who go and work for the likes of M&S and then wake up one morning and suddenly say "I want to be an airline pilot" and then buy themselves a job.
You didn't by any chance fund your own CPL? I guess you're one of them then... except these days a CPL won't get you a job, but a frozen atpl and suitable rating might. The requirements may have been upped but if you think you didn't "buy your job" yourself then pinch your arm and wake up. If you take out the people who didn't fund any training of their own you leave the airline sponsored cadets and airforce guys and how abundant are they? Personally I fail to see the distinction between paying for a frozen atpl and paying for a rating.