If this is the only way of getting a job – too bad !! I will let others do it. I will always fly and I'd rather spend £20k towards a decent plane or a fraction of that in a share. The training to date, although perhaps a little OTT for private flying has made me a much better pilot and so I can level it with myself that the money I've spent to date hasn't really been wasted !!
couldn't have put it better myself.