Thousands of people spending life changing sums of money on the hope of a job is definitely not the sole domain of the airline pilot.
Students fork out not far off what it costs to get a CPL/IR over 3 or 4 years to get BA/MA degrees with not only no prospect of a job in their field but also no intention of getting a job once they have the piece of paper.
That said, those who pay for a rating with no prospect of a job are taking it a bit too far but I get why they do.
I do it because I don't want to be anywhere else than in the piss smelling old crate I fly in
. obviously, a non piss smelling new crate would be lovely too.
