Flying is a different animal than most jobs in that many people just dream of doing it for years before they start. Its not like many other professions where you do it for the benefits/pay/QOL, etc and accept the negatives. In aviation, most new sign ups just want to FLY because they love it! Pay and QOL are secondary - at first. When a 300 hour new pilot gets an RJ job, he'll get molded into the group think and start to chant the group chant about inadequate pay, etc. It is contagious to think this way when it is all you hear. The story hasn't changed, yet people continue to sign up for it - to FLY. There is a price one pays to participate in this industry where there is a seemingly endless sea of applicants looking to "live the dream" and stay out of the cubicle. Some make it (SWA, UPS, FDX), and others don't.

Many pilots don't plan their lives correctly. In this day and age, to major in aviation and rack up debt at a pilot factory is just STUPID!!! The owners of these types of schools (assuming private ownership) are laughing all the way to the bank. They, like the entry level RJ jobs, are taking advantage of the dream.

Fast forward a few years and the true colors of the job begin to show. By this time, many have built the perfect trap for themselves (loaded with debt, no other real marketable skills, etc) and cannot get out.