It is amazing how much time Sky (and maybe others) spend on a board that revolves completely around what he claims is such a worthless pursuit. The overwhelming majority here are already in the biz, well aware of its pitfalls and mindful of what might yet happen to the job, so the anti-mentor disguise is BS. For starters, I started in the '80's doing this for a living and I was never under the impression that I was guaranteed to make 300K/yr working half the month. After the turndown in '90 that showed me the door from USAir I did start looking more at business models and balance sheets than uniforms (although I still maintain the Delta double-breasted commodore outfit is hot ) and flight attendants (well that has gotten much easier to look past considering American hiring practices) to decide where I would apply. And it took me years to get the interview here, and in the interim did what I had to do and diversified as needed so as not to get into debt. It wasn't brain surgery, just common sense if I managed it. So Sky for example (I think) went into real estate, which by most accounts has tanked as bad if not worse than aviation. Will he quit that soon too, and frequent ****ed Off Ex-Realtor.com telling the tens of thousands of out-of-work realtors and brokers to park their running E55 AMG in the garage and go to sleep? Some people are pre-disposed to give up (and some in an apparently angry toddler fashion) and then spend enormous amounts of time trying to convince themselves that it was somebody else's fault under the guise of being the wise noble sage.

At least have the dignity to admit it to yourself and go save would-be realtors from delusions of success.