"It amazes me to say that a net zero inflation adjusted income in 12 years is a success"

Well, it works for me....

By the way, nobody answered my questions about what percentage of the population makes over 200K and what other professions have kept up with inflation over the last 20 years? I'll guess professional athletes have exceeded inflation. By the way, 5 of the last 10 years, I flew less than 100 hours block time...