This line of the discussion was your choice; you made it an issue, and thus turned the direction of the thread as a spotlight on you. At this point you've gone too far.

I've been around in the industry a god damn long time as a professional without any need for your validation. Nothing I have written is hyperbole or false.

You've been adamant about defending those who fail to show up for class, and those who take the training and run, and it seems to have touched a nerve with you; you sound like one of those wastes of breath who engage in such practices, and perhaps you're one who had your training given you, and don't understand the cost or the implication. You don't sound like someone whose word is their bond, or who really knows what it means to keep one's word, else you wouldn't be making such an issue of what was a passing comment. Remember that YOU chose to open that door.

As for my own experiences, I've had nothing to apologize for with my employment, and I can go back to those employers for a recommendation. Keeping my word has not cost me a career, a future, or as it turns out, a job. In the case of the 747 offer, the job was there when I checked back, and I got the job; the employer appreciated the integrity; the employer knew I wouldn't leave them in the lurch, because I wouldn't leave another employer in the lurch, with whom I'd already made a commitment. Accordingly, the employment I turned down in favor of an existing commitment, I received later on, and I did in fact leave that job some time later for a higher paying position in a much smaller airplane. The higher pay was due to the nature of the flying. Apparently you wouldn't know about that. Perhaps your experience or background is too narrow. Who knows?

This is all quite irrelevant to Omni, but the derailment is yours; own it if you have an ounce of integrity, deny it if you don't. Either way, it won't matter a whit to me, as you're on the ignore list as one who is unworthy of any further discussion. You've failed to contribute to the conversation in any meaningful way, and perhaps when you get done licking your wounds for your own dishonor, you can buck up and have something to contribute to the thread. I already did. Give it a shot.