Best to not pay attention to this stuff, might as well read tea leaves
Just keep keeping on, remember you work for YOU, always keep on going, and it’ll all work out
Based on all this kinda talk I first started out at a “bad time”, I didn’t really know or care as there was a 0% chance anyone could have stopped my from getting into the industry. And I was too busy, well flying and living life.
I had a pretty good deal from CFI through all my 91/135/121 gigs, life’s been good, and not to sound like a motivational speaker type but it really is what you make of it.
one tip I’d give, don’t be a one trick pony in this industry, I don’t mean be a defeatist and go work a non flying job, I mean there is a metric TON of facits to being a pilot, what helped me to a was not just being a cookie cutter 172-RJ-Airbus type