Quite true, I have picked up my first airline job, annual salary of £20,000. Take out my loan payment and pay the tax and I bring home £1200 per month. Could take me a few years to get those sports cars, flash women, house in the hills and international travel. But wait that isn't why I got into this lark, the job is great and I wouldn't trade it for all the £30,000 per year I.T. jobs in the world.
Still it is an honest peice of advice, don't become a pilot for the rumoured huge pay, it used to be the case when pilots were a novelty, now that we are a dime a dozen the pay isn't great.