Depressed at cost of Flying Lessons.

If you have more time than money - Read where a starving pilot was able to pay for his lessons (or at least offset much of the cost), by working around the airport, washing planes, grunt work, etc. Can't remember if it was for the flight school directly. I did that when I was young and broke and needed a $1,000 of work done on my car. Went to the garage owner and asked if I could "work it off"? (I knew nothing about cars). He agreed, and I cleaned up the shop, ended up saving him $1,000's by repairing his roof and to this day I get a 20% discount on all repairs and made a good friend in the process.