Originally Posted by Cubdriver

Heck, you should be giving people like me advice. That all sounds very good. What we commonly see on these boards are people with mid-life crises asking to hear it's ok to throw away everything they have to run off and join the circus as a regional airplane driver. I do not recommend you do that unless you know what you are getting into. But you seem to know what you are getting into, you are taking it slow and paying your way, and have a balanced, pragmatic view of the career and its progression. Good luck. Send pictures.