Well one way or another, its hard for the next generation to enter this industry when most flying for a living from 250-3500 hrs at the poverty level. Add to that the considerable amount of debt that is normally incurred and being repaid with interest at this same time period. Unfortunately each year the wages just seem to get lower, the time it takes to make a decent wage takes longer, and the cost of training just goes up each year, not even mentioning the now required 5k checkride for the ATP