For me - money, and having to work at the same time.
Unable to take holidays as and when required.
Having an ATPL brush up cancelled and having to reschedule months later due to having no cover at work.
Loosing the medical temporarily.
Getting screwed by one FTO and loosing almost £2000.
Having to wait 3 months for licence docs to come from another school (it's still not here!).
Also a long waiting list to get on one of my courses.
Partialling on a test too.
Now, my CPL will be issued over the coming weeks, but the IR is about to expire. So it can just expire - I'm concentrating on the FIC alone now. Running out of money again.
Even if I wanted to go straight to airline - I wouldn't be able to given the current climate.
Now as I'm up to my eyeballs in it, I've got to work full time in a car factory (exciting or what?) and I'm struggling to find an FIC school close to home to complete my course - and so, have to go all the way down south and complete - more money!
When I do finally get qualified - god knows what might happen! Not that I'm complaining!
It's one thing after the other! Why do I bother :-)