CAT IIIC - I think you may have missed the point here. We are instructors - that's what we want to be. There is no "think of all the money you'll make in ten years time" - unless things change, many of us can't stay as instructors for another ten years. I, for one, believe that we have a responsible job that should pay enough for us to have a reasonable lifestyle. If I wanted to be rich I wouldn't have chosen to be a flying instructor, that's for sure - but that doesn't mean we can't get a reasonable salary for a professional job. Cessnababe seems to have a much better grip of the reality here.