bad reputation
Luke
Unfortunatly you are tarred with the same brush as a large number of people who have gone before you , I have known quite a lot of people who got into the airlines by taking advantage of PPL students who did not know any better than to fly with them ( Mrs A and C was unfortunate to spend two hours and £250 with one sutch airline hopefull )
I know that there are a lot of instructors who want to get into the airlines who are doing a very good job of instructing but as always its the bad apples that get the attention.