jez_d im afraid i dont agree..... if anything i feel your comment would make the situation worse.
Lets not forget that this industry is an a deep depression just now.
If we go out to the press and explain that due to this programme, we have pilots who are stressed due to the amount of debt they have accumulated along with possibility of not being able to keep their job.
I think the only thing this will do will make the public lose faith in aviation as a safe mode of transport.
As far as im concerned the bottom line is that you cant try and explain this to the press. All that will happen is the industry will suffer more than it currently is.