Jay Honeck wrote:
In another thread, we have been hashing out whether some pilots in training
quit flying because of a hair-raising event, such as a brush with disaster,
or getting lost.



Add job and family pressures that that list. I pretty much had to quit
flying back in 1986 due to a horrendous work/school schedule that
lasted for years. I finally got to where I could afford the time again
and the company set me up for a job transfer that kept me going in a
holding pattern for over a year.

Got married in 1997 and the wife wants us to be able to fly, but
combining taking care of her disability needs, corralling our 4 year
old, working up to 100 hour work weeks and lastly trying to get our
final aircraft project home, has put time way up on the rareity scale.
Fortunately when the last aircraft gets home, the need to work as much
overtime goes away and the luxury of a few free hours a week returns.