You tell that cranky bastard, CCVR1!
Thank you for so succinctly putting the doomsayer in his place. I am a recent Canadian CPL multi-ifr grad who opted for mid-life career change at the height of aviation hiring boom times...then 9/11 happened. I'm now faced with having to seek non-aviation work and it sucks!
There are far more unanswered questions that people don't understand until after they've gone through the process of licensing & training. Wannabes need realistic, supportive encouragement, not the negative ****e gleaned from too many perceived affronts these dicks have suffered along their own very fortunate career paths.