There is a huge difference between "I'm giving up applying for sponsorships" and "I'm giving up on my flying training".
For the later I would want to offer encouragement and consolation. For the former I kind of say - so what?
I understand that there are very poor people who would make good pilots and just can't raise the £50k needed. I also think such people are quite rare.
It really isn't very hard to make £500 a week these days. A friends father pays that a week to labourers in his painting business. Cash. Two arms, two legs and the ability to get out of bed at 8.00 reliably are the only real requirements.
In 100 weeks you'd have £50,000. Call it 200 weeks allowing for paying your Mum some keep and necessary living/beer costs.
4 years graft and you are good to go. Less if you are willing to do a bit of taxi work in the evenings/weekends...
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