Hopefully the new ATP rule will lessen the supply of new pilots. So your going to tell a aspiring pilot that here is how its going to be. You need to pay around $100k to get your ratings, plus more to get your college degree then your still not qualified yet. You will have around 250 hours, but now you need to go get another 1000-1500 hours before a regional can even consider you. Then once you get there your going to start off at a pay of $20k a year and if your lucky you'll upgrade to captain in 5-7 years but while your a FO you'll still be making $20k-40k a year. Good luck paying off all those student loans and having money left over to eat. Most of us were not in the silver spoon club where mommy and daddy paid for all our training and education.

Not do be a downer but the reality isn't as great as it seems to an aspiring pilot. But if you can get over all of that and work incredibly hard for low pay you may have a real shot in the future. Honestly if I can talk you out of it, you probably wouldn't make it all the way through anyway. Less supply of pilots helps all of us out there.