What is it you love? Flying? Or being an airline pilot? Are they teaching at that school that "being a pilot "=airline pilot? There are so many ways to be within aviation, and within that, there are so many other professions where you can be a pilot. The problem is that the universities and other entities do not advertise or even research this, and the industry uses this perception against us. Regional airlines constitute more than half of the air traffic, wages have been cut way back with most majors, the industry is a never ending game to see who can lose the least amount of money. The odds are that you wont make ir to a 777 or 747, even any kind of major airline due to how many pilots there are and how the industry is split. This is wrecking peoples lives/plans because if or when they do get the chance to move up to a major airline, they have to work until the very last year tp get retirement or even miss out on it completely. This is the reality and it's not like no one "makes it", but there are far more passengers flying on small connecting (sometimes longer flights on regionals!) than mainline flights. Its not what it was 20-30 years ago, except those pilots from 20-30 years ago ARE the ones flying those big aircraft at the major airlines. It's not the same for the younger generations. The main point is that there's so much more to flying and aviation. Theres insurance(has flying! ), law enforcement, fish and game, other government flying, corporate, aircraft demo and delivery, test flying, instruction (not just in small airplanes for things like basic PP certs), medical evac, and the list goes on and on. And then there are the multitude of professional avation roles where you can be neck deep in aviation, and be able to afford and fly your own plane, anywhere you want, any time you want ....