Some of them are extremely negative about the industry, job satisfaction etc, the rest less so. None are enthusiastic about it although some do acknowledge they’re pretty lucky - mainly that they got in before the industry went t*ts up. One i spoke to today basically said it would be madness to consider it nowadays and unless i could come up with £100k i could forget it anyway (heart-warming stuff! ). Anyway i get on with most of them quite well so hopefully if i could find a way to do it and they could put a word in for me somewhere, i think they would.
So in your own words not one positive thing is said yet you blindly ignore this fact and continue regardless? Think about what you are proposing here...
100+grand of borrowed money to enter a career knowing it's really REALLY tough to get any job and the financial rewards would barely cover loan repayments. It is sheer madness! Would you borrow 100k to buy lottery tickets?
And believe me having a job flying is not winning the lottery. It is a tough, unsociable existance which takes it's toll on family, friends and relationships.
A reality check would be in order?
Oh, and only the very lightest Bizjet is flown single crew. We have 2 pilots, 2 flight attendants and an engineer!