Wageslave, I find your dialectic offensive.
Most of the Flexi guys are there not because they're volunteering to buy the job but because there is nothing out there for them worth going into.
It's either Flexiscrew or do a menial job while having an 80k GBP CPL sitting in a drawer somewhere gathering dust.
If you didn't have to make that choice I am pleased for you but don't put the blame on them, they NEED to fly, they have the ticket and the debt.
I agree with you on the pay though, it should be equal remuneration for equal responsibility.