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I looked into the cost of flight lessons in a small plane, the cost of using an airport runway, and fuel. It was extremely expensive to me and I make 6 figures.

• deepsun 5y ago
  What was your cost? In US you can get a license for as low as $8k total. In expensive California, expensive SF Bay Area cost is around $15k total. You're saying that amateur making six figures cannot find $15k for something they basically live for? Sounds very unlikely. Btw, there's no cost of using airport runway, it's paid from your taxes.
• bananabreakfast 5y ago
  Then you have very different priorities than an airplane owner. You pay for plenty of things that are extremely expensive, you just choose different things.
  • mrtranscendence 5y ago
    I too make six figures, and I don't think I do anything as expensive as completing flight school and co-owning a Cessna. I mean, my house is more expensive than that, I guess, and my car is (barely) more expensive than flight school might be, but surely amateur pilots have houses and cars too. About the only expense I have that might come close to serious flying as a hobby would be pets, but outside of the one time we had to pay for chemo for our dog it's not that expensive.
• Eugr 5y ago
  There is no cost of using an airport runway, at least in the US...