Originally Posted by
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But at what point is it not worth it from a dollars and cents standpoint? You spent all that money just to get your medical, plus all the money you had to spend to get all the way through your ATP. Is that worth it to be stuck at a regional for 10 plus years? What other skills do you have? How much money could you be making doing something else? These are things people need to consider.
Well that's the point where you treat being a pilot as a second job. Take up stock trading (swing trading not day trading due to stupid PDT rule). I do that + program and takeup freelance jobs and build programs for specific schools/businesses. I've just always wanted to fly because it was implanted in my brain at a young age I guess, like brainwashing but not in a bad way of course! When my mom and dad were yelling, my dad would take me into his car and drive to the airport to watch the planes. Maybe I'm brainwashed from a young age.