And also that militaries are training far fewer pilots with the advent/expectation of future wars being primary fought with drones and missiles rather than fighters.

Also, given the automation already present, it’s a stressful job: “pay attention to these computers for 8 hours just in case something happens.”

ngl pilots are going to be automated soon for commercial people/cargo for domestic origin/destination. Unlike a truck that has to drive on roads, planes have a large room to make errors. In the future there won't be any pilots or even flight attendants and there would be a designated person on there to land the plane if needed at a much lower salary.

Average entry level pay for pilots in the US is $50K. That’s not only not incredibly well, it’s at best median for most jobs that require formal training and certification.