Originally Posted by ncflyer1027

So a little bit of my background, I am currently 21 years old and I'm a junior-senior at a Part 141 university. I've been taking flight lessons since I was 16 years old and I have only gotten my PPL. I am trying to finish my instrument rating but I have failed my instrument check ride twice already during the flight portion, and I am about to try again soon. I also have failed one stage check during the oral portion, and my private check ride once during the flight as well. With all of that said I been flying for five almost six years and all I have to show for it is 3 check ride failures and 1 stage check failure and still at the beginning of my flight training. I am about to run out of classes to take and soon will only have flight lessons to take, I am also paying out of state tuition and taking out student loans so the financial burden is there if I continue down this road.

After my instrument failures I been having a lot of thoughts about whether or no I am cut out for this type of work. I read a bunch of threads on here about different people explaining their QOL as an airline pilot and getting out and it more or less justifies the reasons why I think I should get out now. So here are some reasons why I want to stop flying after I finish my instrument training.

1.) I have 3 check ride failures plus one stage check failure, I don't want to keep on taking these for the rest of my life.
2.) I do not want to be a flight instructor to get hours.
3.) Moving to base does not sound appealing and commuting to work seems like it makes QOL terrible.
4.) I want to get married and start a family someday and I don't want to be gone from home all the time.
5.) I don't enjoy flying, I'm not sure if I ever did, I just kinda did it since my parents bought me flight lessons back in high school. I have always dread going to the airport and stressed about whether or not I will perform well that day and make my instructor satisfied.
6.) Continuing taking flying lessons will keep me in college longer and thus taking out more student loans.

There's my top reasons on getting out. If someone can comment on some of these and tell me their insight on them I would appreciate it.

So I'm sure a lot of you are asking what is my plan if I don't want to be a pilot and I thought a lot about that. I will switch my major to aviation management and work the nonflying side of aviation. Switching my major to aviation management means I will stop flying and will pick up some business classes instead. I would like to work in airport management or work for an aviation company located at the airports around my home. I will probably take online business classes after I graduate and get a full time job and probably work towards an accounting degree which will probably take about a year and a half to two years to complete. I have always been interested in accounting and finances for a long time if I couldn't fly.

Please let me know of any advise you get give me before I jump ship.