To quote some of the younger people I know - "Well, duh!!" I would prefer, by far, to be rich enough to be able to afford to fly my own helicopter for fun. Getting up at 4AM every day, preflighting among millions of starving mosquitoes, and spending the day sweating while flying fat Cajuns back and forth isn't really that much fun. I would be doing something else if my rich uncle, Sam, had given me better skills while i was reluctantly in his employment. It's better than many jobs i can think of, but it's not better than being rich and idle. They say money can't buy happiness. I suppose that may be true, but I know from personal experience that poverty can't. Flying for pleasure, when and where you want, is a far cry from doing it as a job, at the pleasure of your boss who wants to become rich, if he isn't already.