ALPA, BALPA, IALPA, and all the other Unions need to get together and put some money in a pot and design an advert to go into the press really that there is NO pilot shortage, just a shortage of idiots who aren't wiling to whore themselves out to the industry.
I lament at the advert in todays Airliner World from BA opening the door for cadet recruitment - when they have just slung out a load of guys from bmibaby! The whole system is backwards.