Skyhigh is right...MY CFI crossed the 1,000 hour point when I was with him. He had been at it for 6 years. He's now a cop. He gave up because he couldn't take the abuse and low wages anymore. The loan repayments crushed him. If had just spent the money on a real degree vice aero science he could have had a career with a future.

I think he now wants to be a helo pilot in law enforcement. I don't see it happening for him. I didn't have the heart to tell him. I wish I had - I think he's setting himself up for another fall...