Originally Posted by
LeoSV
lol.. it's 60k, and add 9k to that if you get your private through them. and add 75k if you get the loan through Sallie Mae. Check the atp website. it's obnoxious. But whatever, that's capitalism. As long as people are going to pay it, they will continue to offer it. And as long as people keep putting in their resumes into low class airlines, they will continue to be low class. Hey man, good luck. This argument has been played out 55 thousand times on this website alone. If you want and can do it, do it. just know that you will be in debt, that is all.
But it's better to be in debt and do something you love, than be debt free and hate your job. 
As long as you don't like to eat, go anywhere and can sleep on your parents couch....then you're correct. However, last time I checked my mortgage company doesn't accept "but I love my job" as payment. Neither does my credit card company or my retirement fund. I'll say it again, paying back $800/month in loans when you only net $1200/month is TOUGH. Don't take my word for it. Try to live on $400/month. Unless you have a trust fund or a well payed spouse I think you will find it nearly impossible.
I would submit that its better to have a job you hate but make enough to live comfortably, enjoy your time off and send your kids to college than it is to love your job, not see your family and live under crushing debt. Work to live, don't live to work.