Originally Posted by afterburn81

Sorry to stray off topic but......

Hundreds of people in line and you gotta pay to get in. I thought there was a pilot shortage or something. Sounds more like a job shortage to me. I was told a year and a half ago from many reputable people that I would be in a really really good position with-in a year or so. Guess I missed something.

This thread is just more evidence that all of the pilot shortage hype is designed to keep this huge scheme called "the making of an airline pilot" running strong. From the sounds of it there is a lot of money being made at the expense of pilots and those looking to become pilots.