Originally Posted by DL 24

Hey,
how come most Commercial Licences cost up to 40 or 50k? As far as I know you fly as a student the first halgf year. But in the second year you operate as an instructor and earn between 15 and up to 35$/ h. So if I fly 500 hours as an instructor I'd earn 17.500$. So how come I have to pay up to 40.000$ for a licence? How can I spend 40k in one year?