Um the quote is mine.
Nothing wrong with that statement - day you stop me doing aeros & formation I might as well stop living....gonna keep doing them as well - instructing is what you make of - the day job isnt the be all and end all of life - I dont instruct full time - only part time - therefore I see no reason to become jaded with it when I am with the airlines. I purposefully have set-up an instructing job local to me specifically because Im not gonna give it up.
BTW. I do live in the real world. Im personally about to invest yet another 1k in instructing...and maybe next year add aerobatic instruction to the list of items as well...
So me? Im happy with what I do...its hard work - underpaid - but that doesnt kill the job - it means I cant pay the mortgage by doing it though...
I vote happy - mostly...