"Retired Airline Pilot at the desk with a huge Boeing 777 model on it, everybody is "oooh aaaah". First question from the audience ( I kid you not! ):
"so if i train with you i get to fly a jet after flight school? not one of those small propeller planes?""
Very true!
Alas it has to do with the X factor/consumer culture we now face in the "developed" world. It teaches image is more important than substance.
Look at the cinema. Almost gone are the the days of the good story line in films now it's more about how many millions are made on opening night and special effects.
Gone too are the heros with character, now it's about celebrity culture. The young are taught that the only way to have meaning is to be famous and make a lot of money preferably with the least amount of work. Hence fame and fortune are sold as the answer to their wants. And the bigger Flight Schools sell an image (like a mirage in todays economic climate).