Don't want to disillusion you guys, but it's been about money for a long time now.
By the way, when it comes to totting up your costs, don't forget to take loss of potential earnings over your training period.I was lucky in that although my costs were high,I was able to keep my employment going-effectively being paid to become a professional pilot-which is more than many less fortunate were able to manage.
My own over training was a decade ago having only just lost out in the boom that began in the late eighties.There then came a period of complete stagnation-a completely different scenario from the current state of the industry-you lucky lot!