how much I had to sacrifice to get my CPL
They are not
SACRIFICES boys and girls they are
CHOICES
My choices were made with little advice on the state of the industry, the disgraceful pay and the way pilots behave when making decisions that will affect the newbies following them. Oh well, lesson learnt.
I haven't gone close to a return on the investment made and the opportunity cost is probably a significant amount paid off a home or investment property. (That's what my friends were doing when I was spending money on flying).
No regrets though, if I hadn't learnt a financial lesson through this process it would have been somewhere else! An enjoyable mistake!
You need to go into this with your eyes wide open and plenty of advice, understand the choices you are making.
Remember, they are your own
CHOICES not
SACRIFICES