Hi Ronchonner,
i don't know why you're always against the european system, but i have not much problems to pay back my euros. Nevertheless i'd like to earn more money (but, who would not?) And imho it's not a european problem, if you're doing a four years degree at embry riddle you have to pay a similar amount of money .-)
I don't knwo where you get your informations, but at least for lufthansa, swissair, crossair and other airlines in europe it's pretty usual to hire pilots with 180+ hours total time. The big ones like Lufthansa have their own pilot schools, and the guys there get about 200-250 hours before they go to the big birds.
And remember, in the airliners we fly today flying experience is still important, but system knowledge is becoming more and more important these days.
Denti
[This message has been edited by Denti (edited 30 March 2001).]