Or you can wait for the industry to run out of pay-to-fly' s so that airlines have no other choice but to hire the other guys.
Many airlines simply refuse to hire former pay-to-fly' s.
I can only guess that Brussels Airlines is one them.
People with airline jet experience are leading the line, followed by those with no jet experience but some significant time (instructors, ... ), themselves followed by the frozen ATPL' s.
The line is becoming longer by the day.