Originally Posted by
currawong
Or is it the current generation are accustomed to getting an award just for participation...
I think the current generation are smarter than you think and know the risks that aviation pose on your financial and job security future. Your argument to that is that would be something alone the lines of "they always everything sooner and they're impatient". They know the sooner you make good money, the easiest the later life becomes, the popularity of index funds current is a great example, they don't want to work to 70, they're planning for what their super should have done for them.
So many great minds who I have seen begin a PPL or CPL throw in the towel because engineering, IT or finance positions pay well from the get go. The current generation is a great example of the free market showing pilot positions aren't competitive in the world market and somethinf needs to be done if they want this generation to care about aviation.