Originally Posted by
proskuneho
I love flying tremendously, but I just don't want to be poor for ten years. If I finish my MBA, than maybe I can get a more secure job and just buy my own plane. Maybe with the combination of my aviation management experience and my growing flight experience I should seek a job as a 135 manager? That's why I am on this forum - to get feedback to make an informed decision.
Flying is a great hobby and a fun job, but you have to go through a lot of poverty and bad QOL and a ton of good luck to get to a point where you are left seat 777 making $200k/yr. Some people never make it to the "top" and you have to be prepared for that as well.