I am sure that 95% of the pilots wouldn't mind to spend over 5 years flying as sprayers, instructors, or whatever in small airplanes and then move to bigger ones before sitting on a Boeing or Airbus deck.
But such jobs are scarce. Available to, say, 15% of there?
Today, a new pilot knows that is Heaven or Hell. Top of the ladder, or on the ground, All or Nothing.
Laws have to be changed so that in the future no one pays for working and no one can be trained in airliners with pax unless he is a pilot on the roll of that airline, with the same rights and contract as any other.
Today's veteran pilots are more to blame than the wannabees. They let this happen. They didn't care. Many don't give a damn, still.
We have all fallen into the trap. Let's get out