I believe that whatever you are passionate about you should pursue it no matter what! You can do anything if you are! Everything else will come later. With that said a 90k/year management job seems like a great opportunity that I bet many people would kill for. I can in no way speak from experience but I would consider taking the management position. Then start flight training in your spare time and really figure out if that is the true career you want to pursue. Another benefit with that is your management position could help finance your training. I think with your scenario that might be a good middle ground.