The travelling public says the same over in Canada! Those of us who chose to bush fly for a career never hear the end of these ridiculous comments:
ooh, I've never been on a small plane before (Otter on floats on a windy day)
so when are you gonna get your commercial license (I have an ATP in Canada/US plus a helicopter license!)
so how long before you can fly a big plane?
Some things never change the world over.