AOPA isn't about being an airline pilot. It's about being a pilot. Most of the articles in there are focused on the aircraft owner or private pilot. They very seldom do an article on anything larger than a citation. Flying is the magazine that targets those with stars in their eyes. Looking at the three most recent issues of AOPA Pilot that I could find, there were a total of 5 ads (all smaller than a half page) from DCA and some unheard of program in Florida.
What were the articles about? Well, the first one had a neat retrospective on the J-3 Cub. December's was a DC-3 (getting closer). Good article in the January issue about the PC-12 too. But guess what, it's geared towards somebody who could afford that aircraft. The only recent article that had anything relating to transport category flying was a piece on corporate flying clubs that featured Boeing Flying Club's 172 posed next to a 773 with a number of Boeing employees smiling for the camera.
I only have one student right now who has dreams of flying an airliner. The other 8 are all in their 40s to 50s, and finally have the time and means needed to persue a dream of being a private pilot, are finishing up on something they started back in their 20s as a hobby, or are dusting off a 15 year old rating.
How many of you have ever read an AOPA magazine or looked at their website?