What was your last "serious" plane, Funfly?
I do know of pilots who went quite a long way and then gave up.
Of those who got at least an IR, one gave up after a TB20 (though I suspect he hit hard times financially) and another gave up after working his way up to a twin turboprop (he declared that he got sick of "running an airline").
I think a fair few VFR-only owners give up for "getting fed up" reasons, but not so many IFR pilots do that.
Last edited by IO540; 16th November 2010 at 17:32.