Well said dragonfly and thanks for providing the list . Clearly shows that it is non related to pay to fly pilots.
Those who do p2f , some are excellent pilots, just that they have no opportunity to be called up by an airline for whatever reason such as not being local when they are fresh out of flying school.
They took the risk despite all the naysayers and today have move on to world class airline as mention in the thread. Bear in mind that they need to pass all the sim,test and interviews before they are being offered which prove that they have the required standard.
Because they know if they did nothing, they can hang their blue license as a memento and give up their piloting dream and have to change career, burning all the cash they have paid for during CPL. There is no turning back. Getting a job today is so competitive.
Remember and I say again, they took the road less traveled and with their valuable NG hours, they call the shots now and can chose whichever airline they wish to apply.
And pilotchute, the 450 pilots in lion are not only Fo but expat captains as well. Most of the Fo are long gone and a lot are going to resign in the next few months.