Assuming this isn't a wind up, maybe it's a bit harsh to say this guy was so stupid to start an integrated course. If he is about to finish at the end of the end of the year he would have started before Lehman went t**s up and things got really bad etc, assuming its an 18 month course. No one can see in to the future. Inevitably when you start this sort of thing you have rose tinted goggles on as you want it badly enough.
A lot of instructors / schools etc have said now is a good time to start training as by the time you are done (around 2 years) things should have improved, always quoting the old chestnut that the industry is cyclical. Seems like a hell of a gamble. Does anyone agree now is a good time to start?
M.M