Originally Posted by
kevbo
The high opportunity cost of being a pro pilot is almost always paid by someone else. I never met a poor kid that became an airline captain, those guys were always sponsored.
That sounds like a lame excuse for not working hard to achieve a lofty goal. Woe is me, I'll never be able to achieve that, only people with special help can achieve that, and here I am, poor pitiful me, with only myself to work for me.
Poppycock.
I don't know how you define poor, and I don't consider myself as having been a poor kid, but my family sure couldn't afford to send me to college or pay for flying lessons. I had no sponsor. I applied myself, worked hard, did NOT give up when things got hard (like some people here have done, and would like others to do so they'd feel better about themselves for quitting), and I achieved my goals.
I'm not the only one. There are many, many more who have done the same thing and have achieved their goals. Desire and determination are far more valuable than money and sponsors.
Successful people don't take advice from quitters.
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