MESA, contracted by legacy airlines to do their regional routes at rock bottom prices. Pilots living in caravans and on food stamps, what do you expect ?
I expect that they are people that are passionate about flying and love it enough to try do it for a living even though pay and quality of life sucks....or why else would anybody choose a profession with such dismal payoff prospects for the time and money invested to start.
Personally I think that people that choose a profession out of enjoyment tend to be more competent than those that choose a profession based on economic reasons.
Of course all of the above is in generality and there can always be outlying examples... same as the original statement. With that said... I still find it sad when one disparages junior people in their own profession when they in fact were probably in the same position once upon a time.