You have been given some good advice, if you are smart (and you sound like you probably are) you would be money ahead to take it. Why do you think just about all pilot applicants show up in a dark suit, white shirt and a dark red tie? The answer is that everyone else does. If you start pontificating, bloviating and just plain old bullsh!tting, you will be thought of as being not like all of the other guys. Yeah, I know, you want to stand apart from the rest. The fact is that`s not what they are looking for. After I retired, my airline ask a few of us to come and interview pilot applicants. You would be amazed at the number of guys that sat down and talked themselves out of a job.Again..you have been given some good advice...take it.