Clear Prop,
I'm not aware of having said that training for commercial licences is cheaper now than it ever was. Perhaps you'd indicate where I have done so and I will gladly correct it. Howver, I have said that the employment market is better now than it has ever been, although I do believe that will change in the near future.
It is a fact that those going through the grind of obtaining licences will feel that they have it tougher than anyone before or since, and nothing I can say will alter that impression, however mistaken. But the number of professional pilot jobs available in the UK at the moment (and the US, Europe and the Far East. Not Australia)is higher than it's been since the armed forces were recruiting for the Korean War! There are vastly more wannabes than there used to be, so getting that first job may be as difficult as ever. That's the reality of it, I think.