GA's always been a joke (at least in the way I think you mean it). I spent 9 years there, and I can say with confidence I saw the very best, and the very worst in both people and operators. As for "bloody airline types" not remembering where they came from, I can tell you I used those exact words many years ago myself. It's just not particularily true.
As for having no choice, that has always been the retreat of those willing to take the fast track even when rational thought may point to the contrary.
It's a free Country, you are free to extoll the virtues of what amounts to be an international embarresment in Pilots Term and Conditions. People such as Lester, myself and quite a few others are equally free to comment from the other side of the fence.
But we all have a choice. If your choice leads to a viable career in aviation, we'll eat our words. If it doesn't, then in years to come you may reflect that those "bloody airline types" just may have known what they were talking about.
Good luck,
Krusty.