Yes, your absolutely right, there are a lot of wannabees who deap down just arent made of the right stuff and will undoubtedly fail an airline interview because they dont have the necessary life skills/character/management/team working abilities etc etc etc. My point however was more geared towards the fact that instructing hours are the only option in many cases for 'suitable' people to get that first airline job. Many airlines have minimum hours requirements for a reason and the only conceivable means for some people to get those hours, is to instruct. In other words, it is just like the old self imrover route. So, unfortunately I have to disagree with the comment about "diddle advantage".