My suggestion;
Regulate the flight training, take it off the free market.
Today lots of people are putting themselves in debts for life. Their shortsightedness stops them from getting a house mortgages, settling down with a family, all those things most people in late 20s/early 30s are looking for. A regulated market could bring out the best candidates for the job, not just the once who can afford it. It will balance the supply and demand which I can see brings back healthy employment forms (no zero hour, short term contracts). It will inject a reasonable amount of cadets into the job market and experienced pilots will not be undercut by cadets with too much money. Isn't this what a regulating safety body should be doing?? (read: EASA)
But of course this will never happen…..