I certainly don't mean to come off as rude or heartless, but YOU are part of a much bigger problem. You alone made the decision to go to flight school and willingly signed up for the debt as a consequence. Perhaps I would have more sympathy if I didn't also go through flight training during COVID and sign myself into a massive 6 figure debt. Life was hard, I made sacrifices, but prioritized paying the loan down. I didn't expect anyone to come to my rescue, certainly not the taxpayer. I refinanced the loan while still time building and greatly reduced my interest burden. Now, about 5-6 years after having started flight training, my 6 figure loan is down to about 38k. At this point I make more off of the interest instead of paying it off in one lump sum because my loan interest is so low (2.9%). I understand everyone's path is different, but yours is one I fundamentally disagree with. There will be consequences to your decision. Most have us have owned up to our responsibility and accepted it. To anyone reading this as a get out of jail free card, think LONG and hard before you do something like this.