Am I mad???
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Why not? The rest of us here are, mad about flying that is!
A good mate of mine was a teacher for years and decided to go flying at the tender age of 34. He is now a B767 Captain.
I'd say live your dream, I did. I was halfway through an engineering degree when I decided that I really wanted to fly so I dumped engineering, joined the RAAF and haven't look back since.
Regards and go for it.
BH.