I think a few of you guys are missing the point slightly.
You are claiming that 25k a year is not great money in comparison to life in the right hand seat? Tell that to the numerous guys who have their licence, and cant get a job....25k a year suddenly becomes a great deal of money. Even of the guys who are working in the right hand seat after getting their licence, many will not be earning as much as 25k. And that's after spending up 100,000 pounds on a licence followed by an extra 20,000 on a type rating
I'm not suggesting that there is no money in aviation, but to go into your training with the assumption that you will immediately get a place in the right hand seat of a shiny jet is not only speculative, it's ridiculous.