Note to trainers:
Be wary of those who see no need to practice landings.
Until they start paying pilots what they are worth, it aint gonna happen. My Instrument instructor is an ATP and he went looking one day to see about flying for a living, $30k to start. Needless to say he is still my mailman. Buy your own plane and screw the airlines, thats what I did (c172 180hp), and am currently building my Velocity, which will make cross country flights fast and economical.