No, the directly comparable people are the people who are looking for jobs. Here we have two extremes, the guy with flying experience and the guy without, but with lots of money. Why would a 5000 hour, Airbus type rated pilot need to pay CTC for a job with EasyJet? They wouldn't and are, therefore, completely irrelevant to this topic.
The point was not that one person should and one person should not pay for a job. The point is that the very capable pilot with some of the best flying experience you can get is unable to get a job because somebody has given CTC/Easy loads of money.
I can remember young lads getting onto the Squadron and then failing at the last hurdle, primarily due to a lack of basic talent
Absolute BS. Are you really saing that Bloggs made it through Linton, Valley, and the OCU without basic talent?
The very reason that you do not recruit people with the experience that you yearn for is because of the system that you extol the virtues of.
Still the question remains. Who is the better choice? Experience or money?