I'm sorry but you're not so much providing solutions as providing demoralizations.
It's too late brother he already did his A license course and has to do something about it he can't just succumb and move to another industry your advice would of been benefecial if it came before he resorts to the A license course but now that he did go to the 2 years course and spent 2 years of his life you better help him out instead of trying dishearten him.
I know he still has a chance there is always a way if there is a will.
And by the way the industry is in a recession currently but there will definitelly be a recovery sometime in the future.