Pot Kettle Black
Like you said, you too spunked a large chunk of your own money, methinks you are just a teensy-weensy bit p1ssed off because you either can't, won't, and understandbly object to, paying another chunk to do the same as them
When the previous poster said "you are no better than them", he wasn't saying anything relating to being a better pilot, he was questioning why you come on here moralising, when indeed you, like any of us who spent a cent on our own training costs, are just as guilty of "prostituting" yourself as the next man.
Apart from fully sponsored Cadets from the BEA/BOAC era, and officers of the Queens Flying Club, we are all guilty as charged.
Nobody likes having to pay, but where is your high moral ground, if you have paid up for a licence, to tell the others at which stage to stop paying ?
If their parents/wives support this lunacy, is it really up to you to start dictating what/what not others should do, if they misguidedly (yes it is, and that is not an apology for them) decide to press ahead regardless of what YOU think.
This one man crusade is unlikely to change anyones mind, maybe better for your mental health just to accept that others disagree with you, be they right or wrong.
