mark 1 - absolutely! Start a flying school with a large fortune..............
In all seriousness, I take my hat off to Cross-wind and refunk - it's such a tough business to eke out a living - I admire your get up and go and determination. There's another useful thread re FI salaries and one of the posters makes the point that the strong pound is making US PPLs EVEN more attractive at this time thereby increasing the pressure to be v competitive back here in the UK.
Best of luck to all. Cheers, Sid