Im not saying that I expect them to present me with a job with BA upon completion but when your signing up and they say "We'll do our utmost to get you a job when you finish", you expect "something" from them.
Its easy when you havent gone through getting a fATPL to see FTOs with rosey tinted goggles, when you get to the graduated side of the fence and time passes, you'll get to understand what I mean. As for smelling the coffee, I smell it alot more than you do. Having been through the course and out the other end, Im alot more in the real world than you.