One of my brother's old school mates has just decided to try to train as a pilot (long story) and he reckons that between training, flight hours, medicals (which YOU have to pay for) and exams, it's going to set him back the best part of £30,000 (GBP) over the next year. That isn't allowing for retakes! It's more than a UK undergraduate degree!

How did Mr Man-with-a-van, lives-in-student-housing, baked-potato-for-a-treat ever afford that?! Maybe he's still paying off loans...