I started off my career as a public school teacher with student loan debts from college. My plan was to teach in an underserved district and have my loans reduced. The minute I signed on the dotted line with my new employer the government changed the rules. They declared my district was no longer 'underserved.' Was I pizzed? Yes. What did I do? I paid my loans back, begrudgingly. Life isn't fair sometimes.

At present people have (or should have) the understanding that there will be no loan forgiveness for aviation careers. This is a very expensive career, a better choice for a return on investment would be law school or medicine. Well, maybe not medicine. If I had it to do over again I would become an accountant and fly my own plane for fun.