Alphamale, I presume we're talking about the UK rather than somewhere with a big outback like canada. I want a taxi, I get one with a three pointed star driven by a man from Kashmir. Any further I drive myself or catch a train. These guys are more than entitled to look to the jets as their first jobs. By all means do your apprenticeship, working your way up your imaginary ladder - if it means you feel more authentic then grand, but I encourage the guys to get on with their lives.
I don't have figures to hand so this is supposition, but I'd guess there are more jet transport aircraft operating in the uk each day than some 30 year old prop-taxi. Bit of a niche market in small heavily urbanised countries.