No, sorry, you are wrong, have had much less fear and axiety about
flying than I thought I would.. It is more of a feeling of being
driven away, as the other gentleman pointed out in his post, and of
investing so much more time and money in such a screwed up business in
something that when it works is an enjoyable challenege, but lacks so
much practicality in this part of the world for much of the year. I
truly wish it were different, and i have now put my frustration to an
end, but believe what you want.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:pKRPb.123597$xy6.429769@attbi_s02...
If you *really* want to fly as much as it appears you do, you cannot let
setbacks like yours do more than DELAY your progress. It's on YOU to
change
your circumstances.

I smell something not quite right in this whole story. In my experience,
people who quit when they are this far along have run up against something
deeper.

Either this guy discovered that flying isn't what he really wants to do with
his money, or he has run up against a quiet inner fear of soloing. I think
we all experienced the latter, to one degree or another, and fought our way
through it to success.

I'd be willing to bet that a lot of flight students quit before soloing due
to a fear of being alone at the controls for the first time.