Considering the rates that some agencies are tossing about it has sunk so low that I'd send anyone to the 'white coat people' if they ever mentioned the 'dream'. You have to pass all the physco-babble exams and interviews these days to see if you are sane enough and of good character to be a pilot. You'd have to be mad to contemplate it in this climate.
A jet captain for €5500pm gross with accommodation thrown in, based in an expensive EU capital. Self-employed contractor status for 6 months. It's an insult AND a disgrace.