It's not worth it, anymore. You will be getting a 50K loan which will turn to 70k, for the equivalent of becoming a bus driver. There is no major CA that will be retiring tomorrow that would encourage you to pursue this career. Can you say the same for doctors and lawyers? Sometimes it's tough watching my old friends that actually have a life while I'm still stuck with a mid 90s car flying at the local airport waiting for my recall which will only put me back down at the bottom of a regional airline seniority list. And it will only get worse, I don't think we've seen the last of airline downsizing and furloughs. Starting pay for a law school graduate at the worst 2nd tier schools is 50,000 which you will never see as a pilot quite possibly for 5 to 10 years. Something else to think about.