It doesn't make me a better pilot no but if I have earned my money and they have imprisoned their parents in high risk debt then it does make me better in that sense. If I have a high paid career to fall back on - that does make me better - it puts me in a postion of power - it shows I have thought ahead.
Just think if nobody paid for their own basic training the airlines would have to run sponsorship courses.
Wooden tit be wonderful.
What they are doing is hellishly reckless. Sure if their parents are very rich then it's their luxury to afford their children the lives they want - just like buying a Ferrari or a house in the Carribean. But I
know that some of these people are doing it to parents/ wives that can not afford to lose this money. I don't know how they sleep at night - it is not a calculated risk - the outcome is a foregone conclusion - if you can't see it you are in deepest, darkest denial.