It'll be interesting to see how this evolves over the coming years if pay and conditions for professional pilots continue to be eroded at such a rate as is happening today.
Better that professional pilots can top up their wages by working in a field they know on their days off, as opposed to doing part-time work in another field.
In my previous company, we had one pilot who had to work nights as a security guard, and another who was a TA reservist most weekends. They both had massive debts to pay off from their training, and were receiving tiny wages from the company.