Valid points. On the other hand due to the growing “shortage” of persons who are willing to fly for nothing because of the enjoyment of flying, pilot jobs are now more and more competing with other occupations that pay as much or more without all of the work involved and requirements to stay current. The former owner of the airport where I learned to fly admitted years ago that recreational flying cannot compete straight up with recreational boating due to the extra work and cost involved with aviation. The same is now starting to occur with the pilot profession. No one in their right mind would go through all that is involved with learning to fly and do it for a living if they did not enjoy it.