So what?
Many of us would have been doing what we're doing much earlier in life if we hadn't had to go out into the world, go to uni, get some qualifications, and work hard to earn the money first.
Access to the necessary funds at an early age doesn't necessarily make you a better pilot. There's a lot to be said for maturity and people skills learned in the big wide world, especially in instructing.
Don't forget those people who have held down several jobs for several years to pay for it all, whilst studying for exams and trying to fit it all into leave from work and other commitments; things that the lucky younger ones with the means to pay for it don't have to consider.
Sour grapes? Yeah, maybe. I couldn't afford my first flying lesson until I was 26.
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[This message has been edited by Charlie Foxtrot India (edited 22 November 1999).]