Sound advice perhaps?
I ran across this little bit from a website about the profession:
I have been one of the lucky ones in this career field who went straight from 8 years in the military to, as of today, 25 years at a major airline. Amazingly, over 20 years of that has been as a wide body Captain. Even with this good fortune, I would not dream of encouraging my two sons to follow in my footsteps. They are both currently enrolled in Engineering colleges. I am making the same pay today as I was in 1993. What else in this country still costs the same as it did 17 years ago? There is no future for this profession. It's heyday is past and the unstoppable wave of globalization will mean that very competent pilots from China, India and the like will be flying our airplanes for unbelievably low wages within the next couple of decades - i.e. during the working life of a pilot who is entering the profession today. Additionally, increased technology will take away the needed skill level for whoever occupies the cockpit of the future and this alone will drive down wages.......Every profession has its time and the time for the airline pilot has come and gone. Look for something that is on it's way up, not in decline. Good luck in life.