There is much truth in this. I've been flying full scale for 11 years - though fairly new to RC - and decided to make it a career about 3 years ago. Had a fairly good run at it, got laid off, etc. I must say, however, that even in the fairly short period of time I was flying (900 hours a year), it began to lose some of its luster.

Now that I've been laid off for nearly a year, my mind is playing tricks on me and I've even gone so far as to download some applications for another job (though few outfits are hiring right now). But, if I think back to what I actually did it and read back some of the things I experienced along the way, I'd nearly rather not having anything to do with it in a professional capacity anymore. The "have to" about it, scheduling conflicts, FAA showing up to stare over our shoulders, ferry flights at the end of a long day leading into the wee hours of the morning, etc.

That is why I am working on finishing my CPA license. I figure that way I can be home every night (impossible as a pilot), raise a family, and make enough money to fly full scale when I want and fly R/C.

If you shoot a guy to the moon enough times, he'll long for something else after a while.