ORIGINAL: RCKen
ORIGINAL: blhollo2
.....be nice if I could make a honest living off this hobby...
Trust me on this one, that would probably be the WORST thing to every happen to you if it did. I know first hand about this. I've been involved with computers for over 30 years, most of that as a hobby. But when I got out of the Army in 1996 I decided to make a living out of it and opened a computer shop. I've been doing that for 14 years now and trust me when I say this, I will get as far away from computers whenever possible. I want nothing to do with them whenever I can get away with it.
When you take your hobby and make it a job it's no longer a ''get away'' for you. Now flying is so great because it's what you WANT to do for fun. But when you start to HAVE to do it for work you attitude will more than likely change about it.
Just my 2ยข worth!!
Ken
I agree with ken also on this, I fly a cropduster for a living while its enjoyable most days it still work and there are actually days when i dread sitting in that thing, I mean this summer i flew 30 days straight 15 hours a day daylight to dark, let me tell you that will burn you out, but when your in business you have to get it when you can and your customers don't care if you like your job or not they want results. And my job is no different than ken's or anyonelses its just a different skill, you take something you love and turn it into a job, you won't love it anymore, im 30 years old with over 6000 hours flying different airplanes and most days i can't wait to get out of a the big one to fly a model. so if you want to continue to love your passion keep it as a hobby. don't get me wrong I wouldn't trade my job for anything else but its not always fun though.