Originally Posted by
Andy
That was excessively long. And wrong.
Very few young people want to be airline pilots. You need to talk to a decently large sample size. You are cherry picking the few that ask you about being a pilot while you're in your uniform at the airport.
I don't think I've ever had a kid ask me about being a pilot while in uniform at the airport, but of the thousands I've met through young eagles, civil air patrol, cub scouts and boy scouts, church groups, airshows, talks and presentations and displays at open houses, malls, church groups, civic groups, libraries, etc, and perhaps one or two more I still see a genuine interest and desire to fly.
Perhaps you're merely talking to the wrong people.
As for length, don't blame me for your short attention span or comprehension problems. You can fix that, if you make the effort.