Skyhigh -
You're sort of entertaining to read, but you lost me in the last page or two, so I want to make sure I understand where you're coming from.
Your primary goal is to help young guys just starting out in aviation understand that they are getting ready to spend a lot of money on what is essentially a lottery ticket, if they expect to end up flying for the majors one day? Is that right? OK, I think I get that, even if your logic is a little dicked up.
Where I get lost is where the bitterness toward airline guys helps you make your point. The VFR flight comment a while back was pretty rich. Sounds like you think major airline guys squirt out of the womb with an IFR ticket, an attitude and a seniority number. But again, that makes your point how?
Just curious.