Student Drop-Out Rates...why?

In article ,
Jose wrote:
The point is that in both cases, somebody who is attracted to aviation
goes "just so far" and then is satisfied. Jay doesn't understand how
this can be so. For the person who is satisfied by having mastered
enough to solo, he's happy in a way that Jay doesn't understand, because
he has the drive to go further. But Jay too has "stopped"... albeit at
a different place. The reasons that Jay has for stopping are reasons
that Jay understands, since they are =his= reasons, despite the
arguments I've given for continuing on.



My point is that there is a huge difference between dipping your feet in
the water and then bailing out, and actually finishing your certificate
to become a certificated pilot. Once you become a certificated pilot,
you are a pilot--obtaining a commercial, multi, etc. doesn't make you
any more of a pilot, just as obtaining a commercial driver's license
doesn't make you any more of a driver.

Those who bail before obtaining a pilot certificate are not pilots, and
may not exercise the privileges of a pilot certificate.



JKG