Its obvious that this is an extremely hot subject. What Poor Pilot is saying is still true to a point, even though he does seem to enjoy winding you all up.
As I said in my previous post, I have been in this industry for over 12 years and this promised pilot shortage has never happened. I however have been relatively lucky, right time, right place etc. and have landed some reasonable jobs in this industry. I am currently flying the B757/B767.
What I have seen however, is that it does appear harder to land what I would call decent jobs as pilots terms and conditions have been badly eroded during the last 10 years. In other words, the days of large salaries are over especially for newcomers who are now often employed on lower pay scales than the older chaps.
If I was in the position of starting a career now, I must say that personally, - and this is just my personal opinion, - I would not enter this industry and if I could go back and do it all again I would also probably do something different.
I would just like to add that I am not trying to influence anyones thinking, and as I said before, theese are all jusy my personal opinions.