£10k must be a just a day's work for a professional pilot.
I am in the wrong business.
I don't understand that reply. My point was a simple one: if people without pilot jobs find or borrow £50k-£100k for the (perhaps remote) chance of one day getting one, I think it unlikely that many pilots
with jobs will be forced out of aviation by the cost of covnerting FAA qualifications to JAA ones. I didn't say or imply in the slightest that £10k was a trivial sum. Pilots go to great lengths and make a lot of sacrifices to pursue their careers.