Originally Posted by
Flyhayes
I take full responsibility for the poor decision making of my immature 20 year old self. Then again, when I got into aviation I did so under a different set of personal circumstances, from where I am now. I'm still very happy with the mistakes I made as they landed me where I am now . "We" is just a generalization of all those who made the same mistakes as I did, (there are plenty of us) and I certainly don't agree that all the onus is on the pilot. Having worked at some larger pilot factories, I was put off by what the potential students were told by the admissions reps. But that is going off topic, so I'll end it there.
I do understand what you're saying, and dealing with decisions we made when younger is difficult sometimes. When I graduated college, I thought I had it made since I had an engineering degree. I bought a new motorcycle and a new car, and also ran up some credit cards. It was a hard lesson in financial responsibility, but eventually I did pay that stuff off. It was a good lesson, and as a result I'm very conservative with my spending now.