Touche, I completely agree. It can be tough or an easy life and has its ups and downs like anything else. If you can afford to do it gradually, on your spare time, then why not. With the constant lowering price of aircraft and the drastically increasing performance likely in the next 10 years in GA (look at glasairs doing 320 TAS at 30,000 feet!!!) IMO it is likely that a descent aircraft will be purchasable for 100,000-150,000 new.

Remember, some day they will have to compete with the car world to bring people to aviation, I can't wait!