"I thought this website was to ENCOURAGE people to be airline pilots"

Naw, I don't see it that way. Go to the websites of DCA, Pan Am, Gulfstream, ATP, RAA, MAPD, or Riddle. Those places ENCOURGAGE people to be airline pilots.

I see APC more as a place to get information. I'd like to say unbiased information, but that's kinda hard. Anyhow, the career information here is much less biased than the big academy marketing programs. There is less BS to sift through at APC than the other aviation career sites, too. That's why I spend most of my time here.

But if you want some encouragement, start a new thread along those lines and maybe you will see it. I think it's human nature to rag about the negative before talking about the positive.