I saw this coming 14 years ago and wrote to Chris Dark at the time he was head shed at BALPA. BALPA didn't act then and they won't act now.
Luke, passing the blame onto the wannabes isn't right. The only people who could have prevented this didn't.
The horse has bolted and there is utterly no point in closing the stable door now. Until there is an accident that can be shown to be linked to a pilot trying eek out a living on £500 per month the CAA or EASA won't even start to look at the issues.