Boeing 7117,
I don't mean to come across harshly, but it seems to me that the low time cadets are directly responsible for the industry being so bad over there.
I find it hard to believe that there is no way whatsoever to build experience. The are flight schools over there, there are air taxi companies, right? Seems to me that the issue is not that the 'paying one's dues' route is not available it is just that it is time consuming and a lot less glamorous. It also seems that this was once the accepted route, and still is over here.
There would be far fewer wannabes paying £100+ application fees to see if they are even eligible to sign a cheque for £100k if they were told it will be 3 years after they graduate till get in a jet (which is what it took me). Not only will these pilots be far more experienced than their 250hr colleagues, they might even present themselves as an asset in the cockpit rather than a hindrance. In addition, this might lead to a shortage of qualified pilots which will lead to better Ts and Cs for everyone. None of this pay for type, pay for line training, flexicrew, or PT contract BS.
This should not have been allowed to happen, but it did, now pilots need work to get back control of the industry.