"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Getting a fistful of FAA certificates does not help unless you get to
work for a US airline, because to convert to a JAR ATPL the ground school
still has to be done along with the 14 exams. Cost £1800 for the ground
school and £800 for the exams.

FOURTEEN exams?

The paradox seems to me that people so obsessed about flying should not
be doing it professionally.

I tend to agree, but why do you say that?
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why do you agree?

I say it because spending $122k with no guarantee of a job seems a risky
thing to be doing and I thought managing / minimising risk was a key
attribute of a pilot. The whole just seems at odds to me.