JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:
Realistically, most of the airline-bound young pilots I know don't
care about any of that. They just want to fly for a living, and
they'll do whatever is required to get into an airline cockpit.
I'm not saying it's right on the part of the airlines, or smart on
the part of the pilots, but it seems to have been (and still be) the
way it is.



And there is the problem. In the past it was pretty much an internship into
a REALLY good paying and respected job with the majors so kids were willing
to put up with it. Now days the pay at the majors is down and the respect is
WAY down.