McNulty's story of hard work and sacrifice is actually more common than a lot of people realise, hence why we become a little prickly when accused of thoughtlessly ruining the industry for the more established players. Cast your minds back to when many of us were considering training to become commercial airlines pilots. Here are some quotes from pprune which helped us make up our minds to follow our dreams:-
...in fact the hiring market is red hot, the JAA Frzn ATPL is cheaper in real terms than the old CAP509 course was that it replaced and there has never been a better time to train...Competition for your first job is vicious and nasty. Nevertheless - the hiring market is as hot as it is likely to get.
and
...like me you might still self sponsor your way through the Modular route and become a debt free Captain on a modern jet before you are 30. It can be done.
These words were typed in July and October 2006 by a moderator well known to the Wannabe forums. In fairness, there were also many discenting voices even back then in 2006, but the mood was generally very upbeat and encouraging!
Times change, of course, but many people currently searching for jobs or taking the Ryanair route are not 'trolls'.