Ideally I'd like to be always supportive, explanatory, balanced and fulsome in my answers. Scroggs my retired co-moderator was nearly all the time.
Unfortunately to the effort to do destroys you mentally so you just have to be blunt to survive as a moderator of Wannabes. Its a never never ending army of zombies intent of spending as much as possible as quickly as possible to go directly to the flightdeck of either a Bus or a Boeing. It never changes, the questions remain the same and the issues are constant.
The only thing that does change is the background of the industry. From boom (2005) to bust (2009) it can be a hell of a rollercoaster.
Entering the market now is a poor strategy. Keep your powder dry.
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ps PPRuNe is the *BEST* place for advice as there are opinions here devoid of vested interests. That's priceless.