At last! ETOPS brings to the discussion some opinions that are presentable and with some form of logical delivery! All be it a severely DEFEATIST attitude.
Here dog, come and get kicked.... here dog, come and get kicked.... here dog, come and get kicked.... Even a damn dog knows when enough is enough and bites back.
No. There is no shortage of pilots. Just a shortage of reputable airlines paying for the experience. Pay bananas, get monkeys. Airlines like QR, EK, EY and the many Asian carriers are snapping up pilots with >4000 hrs and jet time as much as they can. CX are doing the opposite. That hole will leave CX in trouble soon: as per the AOA update about 2 weeks ago. Read it.
Blame CX for the rubbish that is attracted to the package, as evident on these forums? Hell yeah. Who else to blame? Simply go back to these forums pre iCadet and not the utterly different tone of questions and answers, least of literacy capabilities.