fundamentally disagree that you should limit entry to commercial/ATPL pilots courses by what the industry needs. It smacks of totalitarianism.[QUOTE]
I agree. There's no way you can limit the number of proffessionals in an industry without sounding like Karl Marx. Same with lawyers. This country (USA) and probably oz now, is inundated with lawyers. IT's the same deal as aviation. Jobs are scarce. The ones that stick with it are usually people that actually want to be lawyers and not people who don't know what else to do with their lives.