maybe this will help...
Tell them;
1. theres a world wide pilot shortage(that caught me and many like me)
2. Its the only way to spend nights away with the beutiful girls that served you on the airline, without becoming a cabin atendent yourself.
3.Show them a copy of an airline captains payslip
4. Dont tell them about west to east flights.
5. dont tell them about the "finger tip test every six months"
6 dont tell them about the renewals they would have to do and fork out for yearly.
that might do the trick
good luck
ye olde contraxdog