Thank you all for your advice on the subject. This is all pretty much what I've felt but because I'm not in the field I questioned it I guess. My issues with him and his aviation though, is that he isn't hour building. While I believe thats what he should be doing...he believes something different entirely. On and off for the past year or so he's been submitting all these resumes to pilot jobs that he hasn't the slightest qualification for. I realize that sometimes in the aviation field pilots catch a big break and low hour pilots get hired for positions they aren't qualified for. But how often does this happen? Does it really make sense to focus all of your energy towards applying for all of these jobs you arent even qualified for? He's even travelled to different countries to personally submit his resume. Some airlines are desperate and they really need pilots. To me all that means is they'll consider someone with 4000 hours for a 5000 hour requirement. I've never thought it to mean they're so desperate they'd hire someone with 250 hours. And with such a huge fear that anything I say to him will be interpreted as a lack of support...I've said virtually nothing. And then he gets all this encouragement from other people in the field that he meets, pilots included, telling him to keep doing what he's doing. "We can't hire you because you dont have any experience....but yeah, keep doing what you're doing." What kind of advice is that? It seems to me that the most important thing in his pursuit to becoming a pilot right now is to build hours. Am I wrong in my thinking? Now he's considering buying a type rating....does this make sense at this point in his career? Will airlines look at him differently?
The other part of my questioning is this: If hour building is the best option for a low hour pilot, is there some other way to hour build besides instructing? Simply because someone's dream is to fly doesnt mean they'd be good at teaching others right? His english is great and honestly when it comes to other things he seems to teach them well...but everyone isn't a teacher....so what options does a pilot have when they want to hour build but they aren't blessed with teaching skills?