Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Well that clearly changes everything
Are you seriously trying to make this some kind of Matt Damon “fortune favors the bold” nonsense?
No. But it is a seniority system. That's the downside. You can be a Masters, PHD, 3 space shuttle landings, test pilot, etc, but if you start one week later than John Doe, you'll always be junior to John. It is what it is.
No, you freaking dunderhead, it wasn’t.
Actually, it was. You could have gone Priv/Inst/Comm/ME, and then done Gulfstream or jetU.
In the early-mid 2000’s? No, commercial and CFI certs didn’t cost $27k.
That cost, and the opportunity costs as well (time and seniority).
Wait, you actually are trying to frame this as you taking some huge risk and it paying off. With your parents money.
*My money. I was told I was insane to be walking away from my engineering job with nothing in hand, to do a 4-month course with no guarantee at the end. It was actually a huge gamble.
Ok, so you’re you’re trying to play the political victim card now?
Look, as @Boris Badenov said, probably most of us have had assistance from our parents—whether it was financial, academic, merely being present and supportive—and we’re a product of how they’ve helped us.
I don’t think anyone would “consider that a sin” to help our kids out.
So... what's your problem if a father helped a son out in aviation?
You think the kids these days like Swayne or Fly with Garrett with his Eagle FO BMW X5 made it all by themselves with no parental help? Get real.