I think what people need to realise, is that its a good idea to think outside the square. In order to make some real money, instead of doing what everybody else is doing, you need to be doing some kind of specialist flying. Unless you are a captain on a big jet, you generally wont make decent money flying people about, cos anyone can do it. People say "I want to be a pilot" and most immediately think "airlines." There is a whole world of possibilities out there outside the world of ferrying people about, and they pay isnt so bad.