I jacked it in as soon as my mortgage was paid off and although at first I missed airline flying soon decided that I would do CPL/IR/MEP training but after about six years even that became tedious.
Now running a property rental business life consists of dog walking in the morning and business stuff in the afternoon and although not rich we get by.
Would I recommend flying as a career - emphatically NO. It isn't worth getting into debt plus considering the FTL scheme is changing and T,s and C,s getting worse makes for an unhappy life and more importantly an unhappy wife.
What would I do now - get a PPL and group share then fly when and where I want on my terms.