FL350: You might consider me the female version of SkyHigh. He has it pretty much correct. It's really a matter of whether you're willing to let another human or company dictate your life. Just consider this: the airplane will either take you away from where you want to be, or take you to where you want to be. If you are employed as a pilot, in all probability, it will take you away from where you want to be. If you really want to fly, and don't want to be away from home all the time (that was my biggest problem), you might want to consider being a helicopter pilot. Best of all options, go into some other line of work.