Originally Posted by Sassy91
Moral of the story.
Start young so you don't have to go through "financial suicide" when you are 30, have a wife, kids and a mortgage.
I know a couple of blokes who started flying from scratch in their 30's/40's. One is an FO at a regional, the other is 2IC at an Aero Club and going for his A Cat (the irony here is he got his PPL after I got mine but he will most likely be doing my next BFR). I take my hat off to these guys because they found their calling rather late in life but have pursued it relentlessly regardless.