Well said Three Bars!
Sadly we are competing with an airline (DJ) who has the audacity to expect its pilots to pay for their own training, and there are enough of the plucky hopefuls holding up their hand to accept it. I understand their need to work, but if they were a little more cohesive in their stand, their conditions would improve, their training would be paid for, the competition gradient between QF and DJ (and soon Jetconnect) would reduce, we wouldn't be clawing eachothers eyes out, and we'd all be better off as a body of professionals.