Awww, come on Wallaby. The pilot thingy can all be explained away by the fact that Pakistan was going to be getting those fighter planes the Wall St. reporter's kidnappers were demanding be delivered. They had to be piloted and the men getting those flying lessons were going to be needed to fly them. The "big plane" flying lessons were only introductory training.
9-11 just got in the way. Those guys weren't on Jihad until someone told them to go on Jihad and it took away their ability to return to their home countries and be good productive members in heir society.
Shoot, they're still sending folks for flying lessons in anticipation of receiving those aircraft. I'm sure they'll eventually get to training them even further just like with the Saudi pilots. Top Gun fun! Maybe an airbase or two to go along with it...
Disclaimer: Purely speculation and an ironic jab on my part!
Oops... in their society
Sticky keys.