To bring two posts together, firstly, to go back to a great point BEagle made:
It was very interesting to compare the types of people turning up to sit exams. From the polite, smart but casually dressed youngster to the scruffy "Oi, mate - where do I park" oik who was extremely rude to the reception staff.
& then,
They'd obtained licences and ratings through paying for them, but no-one had ever, it seems, assessed their likelihood of obtaining employment.
And then to go back to Mad Jocks comments of:
To be honest less than 10% of the people posting on wannbies will ever actually fly a multicrew aircraft. Out of that I reckon its going to less than 5% who actually make a career out of it these days.
What percentage of the "nice" and personable candidates are there posting here? Or to put it another way... How many of the "nice" and employable people are likely to get jobs?
Muddy Boots