Of course there are always people worse off than pilots. But most of them usually did or did not do something to get themselves in that spot. The key factor here is that people are coming into the industry with unrealistic expectations about how far they will go. The flight schools tell everyone how easy it will be to get to mainline. They don’t want to tell people the truth because then most of them would not get flight training. You need to do abundant research and find out if the airline industry is truly for you. There are other very rewarding careers out there.