This person's idea that going to college is a waste of time and his portrayal of higher education as a means to an end is disturbing. The gist of his idea is that one will make more money by arriving at an airline a few years early by using the system he advocates. But most pilots detest pay-for-training at the professional level because they think the time for developing generalized life and aviation skills has passed by the time a pilot assumes responsibility for paying customers. And this writer exemplifies the same deficiencies that I think professionals respond to in the products of the system: disregard for quality of life, disregard for professional standards, image and honor, and a lack of interest in higher education.