Mr. P
Greetings.
Numbers won't lie, as you rightly pointed out.
I can forgive one for not seeing, or agreeing with the numbers or facts, I can even close an eye if one has to foot his travel cost all the way to fly for a domestic carrier with limited network somewhere in the remote continent. But to not see it, when proper Air Carriers everywhere are making pilots pay for cost of hiring, plus rating, and a heavily discounted salary during transition, THAT is beyond sadness.
It's pointless trying to highlight the obvious, when the bottom line is set so low among wannabes. It's a free world we call it, and I have no right to stop anyone from believing anything they so wish. The only hope I have, is that somehow, these could just use their intelligence in knowing that if the airlines really are short of pilots, the airlines will come knocking on their doors and not the other way round.
I know most of you folks have really lowered the bar so much, but please, do yourself a big favor. If ANY outfit requires you to pay upfront of ANY fee before even being offered a job, just SLAM the door real hard on them to send a clear message.