It is an incredibly sad thing to be weeks from achieving your life's goal and to watch helplessly as the door slowly closes leaving you out in the cold. It tends to make you a little upset and dissatisfied. Many of you out there are not really professional pilots. You are really closer to someone pursuing a working hobby. Your bills are paid, a nice nest egg grows in the bank and either you have no kids or they are grown. People like you can't understand how those they work with are a little down at times. I mean we are all flying right? What could be better? Most of us howerer are trying to make a living out of this dead end industry. Flying an RJ for a living is a far cry from what it takes to properly support a family of four to a middle class lifestyle. If you are stuck there it becomes a prison sentence. Slowly the reality overtakes you that you will never pay off those student loans and will probably always be behind the financial power curve. It is kind of a downer. Most of us spent all the extra money on flight training and years in college to have a better life. A back up plan is always a good idea.

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