Crash Lander writes:

This makes no sense to me. Pick any group of 30 'young people'. Guaranteed
at least 28 of them will have an iPod, a car with a stereo in it that cost
about $400 more than it's worth, $400 running shoes, the latest computer
with all the bells and whistles etc, etc.

They don't buy it themselves. The money generally comes from their
parents. Most young people, if they are working at all, must take
entry-level jobs that don't necessarily pay very well.

You make financial decisions every day. Do I buy the brand name ice cream,
or the generic brand ice cream.

It's more like "do I pay the rent, or the electric bill?"

For me? I'd gladly sacrifice ice cream and all the other little un-necessary
luxuries we take for granted if it will give me another hour in the sky.

Will you sacrifice necessities as well?

How much was your flight simulator?

About 30 euro, I think.

What about the computer system you run it on?

I don't own the computer I use.

Probably just under one third of the cost of a PPL I'd reakon.

$4000? No, not by a long shot.

It's all about priorities and managing what you have.

Sometimes it's about not having anything.

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