And avoid low cost operators. Low cost means low overheads. And as a pliot - you are an overhead!
That's all very well, Dan, but if Paat wants to stay in the UK and he isn't picked up by BA or Virgin where else is he to go these days. And if you think BA and Virgin managers don't regard their pilots as an inconvenient overhead, think again. At least in a LoCo his progression to command and perhaps Training Captain would be much quicker than anywhere else. Just my tuppence.