"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com writes:

What are you talking about? We know that only rich people can afford to fly,
right?

Ironically, some commercial pilots don't make enough to be able to fly on
their own for pleasure.

Why my nephew makes so much money on his two part time flying jobs (one
corporate and one charter - both right seat in King Air's) that he only
needs one other job (working the desk a FBO) to pay the rent.

Does he fly for pleasure? If he's really serious about flying, he'll skip the
rent and pay to rent an airplane instead.

I know another guy that's been a flight instructor for 25-30 years - between
him and his wife, they make so much money that they actually own a house!!!

They could sell the house and use the money to buy an aging small aircraft ...
if they were really serious about flying, of course.

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