Originally Posted by SkyHigh

1 Seat,

You have the benefit of starting life when homes and living expenses were less. Try to start over today and it would be very difficult to make it on under 115K and still keep a middle class lifestyle while attempting to fund retirement accounts, college savings plans, taxes, half a million dollar mortgages, auto insurance and the normal expenses of everyday living for six people.

100K isn't what it use to be and life isn't getting any cheaper. I know I became a pilot in part so I could afford a better life than had I not taken the extra efforts of college and flight training.

SkyHigh