Now not everyone who have paid for their own TR are muppets that can't fly, so that means they might have passed their first series IR, they might have worked their azzes of to be able to position themselves better in the future job hunt.
The question seems very bitter and biased, what about alternative E.
E.Work their azzes of, all first time passes, but clever enough to have not put themselves trough huge debts, by earning their own money to pay for all their training. Maybe even instructing for a few years, and seen there is limited of chances with 4000 hours PIC as an instructor on a C152!
When times are bad, beggars can not be choosers, but when the tide turns they will have the xxxx hours on type, and move on to better jobs first, before the instructors with mostly C152/172 or PA28 time, will still be behind in the line!
Please give it up, all this bashing of low cost BS., end of the day all these airlines serve their purpose, the ones who are not happy will move on, but from what I hear many of the ones who stay and make command, seem to be happy with these low cost airlines, and the fact that you make command in half the time of large carriers is one of the positives.
It is all about supply and demand!