Maybe he has rich parents, maybe he hasn't. So what? Flying can be expensive if you want it to be but it can also be affordable by most people who have average jobs and are keen to fly.
I wasted about £130 per month just smoking (I quit 1st Jan 05), just enough to cover an hour in a trainer including a few touch and goes, yet no one ever tutted at me and said, sheesh, your parents must be rolling in it for you to be a smoker, but hey, I only did a lesson per month so any smoker out there could get a PPL.
And before anyone says anything, I was smoking at 15 so could have been training for my PPL around this age but I chose to arse around for years where as this lad has chosen to develop his career.
Well done Chris