The cost of becoming a pilot is making the job a pipe dream
 

The cost of becoming a pilot is making the job a pipe dream
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As a boy growing up in upstate New York, Travis Evans was captivated by flying. **w, that love of the air has been grounded by his finances.

Evans, 32, joined the Air Force after high school, and then decided to go to school to become a commercial airline pilot. He enrolled in New York’s Dowling College — but then reality set in.

Even with his degree, he’d have **where near the 1,500 hours required to become even a co-pilot. Accumulating those hours would cost thousands of dollars, so Evans began to back off his dream.

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