Originally Posted by proskuneho

Actually, that is a good point. Since I work at a career school, so many of my students are pursuing the career because they think it is easy and glamorous. There is no substitute for a genuine passion for flying. Some of these students were very difficult because they were used to being able to BUY anything (with their parent's money) instead of EARNING IT! I can teach a monkey to fly, but it is very difficult to teach a monkey to take personal responsibility and make responsible PIC decisions if things were always handed to them.