"In the advanced state of society, therefore, they are all very poor people who follow as a trade, what other people pursue as a pastime".
It may have been true in the 18th C but not in the 21st. Tiger Woods? Rory McIlroy? Andy Murray? Premiership footballers to mention but a few?
Or as I put it, too many pilots confuse their job with their hobby.
I haven't met many over the forty years or so that I have been flying.