Adios, forgive me, but you can't honestly believe the output of pseudo cadet programs, the supply, represents demand? The demand is for cheap temporary labour and that is all training companies are gratifying.
As journey man said, there is no corellation between cpl/ir issuances and stable employment. Flexi crew and finite contracts are not sustainable or worthwhile to young men trying to plan, not just a career, but a life.
You can't live at home all your life, you can't chase all around the world for every crumb of work for very long and sooner or later you meet a girl or just tire of rambling to find you're 30 and still living like an eighteen year old in some undesirable place and accommodation. Worthy women will laugh at your Beta ambition and ability to provide.
For the most part we have one shot to found a career and a young person would have to be a fool to ignore the wealth of evidence that shows fortune plays too greater role for comfort in flying.
For anyone starting out or researching, grab life by the soft and danglies, save the 100 K and put all that effort into founding a real career and maximizing your income and fun. As I said, save the military and the few real cadet programs (where genuine ownership is taken by the airline), the risk reward ratio is not acceptable to a thinking man. Life is short, place your bets wisely.
Last edited by Globalstream; 16th Sep 2012 at 14:22.