I just threw out 2-3 years.... I'm referring to people who are in the early phases of a civilian flying career, which is usually such that you DO fly 3-500 hours a year as a CFI.. some take longer, and some (yes) do it faster... It took me 4 years to amass 1400 and get on with a "commuter" airline back in the mid 90's..

My point is, when I did that... there was some 90% or more of the entire fleet of airliners at the legacy and mainline carriers... and one had some reason to believe that he could achieve the goal of a obtaining a job at one of those carriers... fast forward today and it's 50/50 and shrinking and the time it takes to upgrade, much less wait for openings at the majors could be decades.. American hasn't hired a pilot in 10 years and won't for at least 5 more.. United/CAL merger is going to bread furloughs if anything.. and DAL is only hiring to fill retirements and Military pilots are taking 80% of the slots (fairly or otherwise)..

WHY on God's earth would anyone COME into this career field now? Save your money, your marriage/family life and go into a career with opportunities.

That's all I'm saying....

But what the heck.. don't listen to me and do what ever you want... maybe I'm just wrong.