What you're saying makes a lot of sense. I checked the prices with my FBO and it's around $33,000 for everything up to CFII. I'm trying to determine whether or not the additional cost and *potential* to be a better candidate for an airline job are justified. I could always just stay on full time with my computer job, pay out of pocket for flight training for several years, instruct for several more years... get a lucky break at a regional airline... etc. I would be so far behind everyone else in the profession though at that point. I'd be like 30 years old, just starting as an FO at a regional. Sure I might not have loans to pay, but I don't have a B.S. either, and by that time in my life I might be making double what I make now with my career in computers. How could I justify going back to 30K a year, especially considering the fact that I'll probably have a kid by then...