Not trolling. I'm simply trying to say
it's a free market.
It might get you on the ladder, but that doesn't mean that you are necessarily the best candidate. In fact you might be an absolute muppet, but have the ability to buy your way into a job. Leaving someone who might be a far better candidate stuck on the shelf purely because of money.
...can quite easily apply to anyone who has paid for their own flying training, not just those who go one step further and buy their ratings and route training.
It is indeed an unfortunate state of affairs, but ultimately, we live in a democracy and a free market. We cannot arbitrarily make regulations because there will be those who say it is unfair you even paid for your flying training when maybe a far more apt candidate with no assets is unable to contemplate it.
Frankly, hearing some of the people here who are playing an ipod into their headphones to 'while away the boring hours on cross country' makes me think that indeed the opposite of what you want is happening! We are having inept and unenthusiastic flyers buying their training over keen, but totally impecunious people who may have made far better candidates!