Thats the thing Scallaghan. If people only stopped paying. But they wont. There is allways some that have the ability to dish out large amounts of money to get "there" quicker.
We owe the decline of the industry to the various scoundrels such as MOL with his b.astardised version of Southwest Airlines and others of his ilk. Not to forget the beancounters that are happy to see people paying to work to maximise profits.
Some really good comments here
http://www.pprune.org/terms-endearme...y-changed.html about how the industry has changed.
As for where to get line training and pay for it, I am sorry but I do not have a clue.