All you youngsters - just know that we were all in that boat before .
We were all young and keen and would take ANY job on a bigger faster plane. The problem is that 5 years down the line when you don't care about that shiny jet any more - THEN the conditions and pay become an issue - unfortunately its then too late....
That pretty much sums it up. Its always been that way and it will always be that way. Unfortunately cadet programs make this worse because they open the door to bigger exploitation of youngsters which in general lowers the bar for everybody.....
Nothing more to be said on this topic.