Please, mods, I searched for a thread like this but was unable to find it. This discussion is spread also all across this board so I didn't know where to post. Please feel free to merge or move with the most suitable thread if need be.
Ok.
I just saw this ad from a well known airline. A comment in the comment section caught my attention and lo and behold. The happy lady smiles and says
"We take cadets with zero or very few hours and make them into professional pilots."
Apparently you become a pro in 13 months - that's the amount of training she advertises.
Now, noone would even dare saying that a first year medical student will be recruited from the streets and transformed into an expert surgeon in just 13 months. Any claims to that effect would be considered ridiculous.
So how the hell is this possible regarding pilots?
The ad in question:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX5_fzgwdaA