Of course it is frustrating and I realise that in the big picture it all looks very simplistic. However you can't really criticise a young lad who perhaps has always wanted to fly an airliner and has always looked up to airlines like Cathay thinking 'one day, that will be me up there'.
A great opportunity (You can't deny that it isn't) for them comes along and yes the pay isn't as good as the senior pilots but that realistically isn't going to stop the ones who truly want to be pilots. Remember these people are fresh and enthusiatic. They don't see it all with the jaded view that we have. They don't know the complexities of contracts and who is on what exactly or the feeling amongst the rest of us towards the C scale. They see it as a dream come true and one of the few airlines in the world who will pay for their training and give them a lump sum of money at date of join. Honestly, can you blame them for joining?
If anything, blame the system. Blame us for not doing more to stop it happening but you can't blame the starry eyed pimply faced youngsters for taking the opportunity given to them.