"Mxsmanic" wrote

Why must a person practically become a martyr in order to fly?

One doesn't, but one might have to make some choices as to what one spends
their money on. You can get your license for the same money that you might
spend on new furniture, remodeling a room, putting in a hot tub, etc.

Not having a hot tub does not a martyr make - at least not where I come
from.

With attitudes like that, there won't be any pilots at all one day.
Saying
"if you want to fly, you must suffer in every other way" isn't going to
swell
the ranks.

The tendency towards people wanting/expecting immediate gratification is a
more serious threat than anything else IMO.

Unless you have a family, as you say. Or perhaps you should abandon your
family in exchange for the celestial privilege of flying?

Lots of pilots have families.

BDS