Vito Corleone is correct
I'm sorry if this offends people but old Vito Corleone was bang on the money. This industry offers the average person nothing anymore but blood, sweat and tears. If you are a rich kid you can buy yourself a job unless you're a total retard (and even then there is always Easy Jet or Ryan Air I suppose). However for many good pilots and good people out there without a rich daddy in an airline they have been sold a lie by a ponzi scheme FTO. This industry is based on 'who you know' and not 'what you know' and the instructor industry is propped up by many people buying into courses they can't afford.