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Old 01-25-2007 | 08:35 PM
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Default Am I stupid

Ok what would you do. I am arguably one of the highest paid CFI's in the nation. I planned on losing my position when the airforce was supposed to move the program to Colorado. However I'm still here. As some know I have almost 1800hrs now and (I thought I had more) about 110 multi of which 40 is twin turboprop. Not too long ago the airforce told me I have 10 students left. I'll finish my current 4 guys by the end of Feb. Then I'll have 6 more of which I'll run through as fast as possible. I'm staying here for a couple reasons.

A) Good pay. So I'm saving up what I can to make sure I have enough for taxes as well as pay off credit cards from all the darn holidays. (Most my guys took 3-4 weeks off so I didn't work and still had to pay all the bills/live/party of course)

B)I feel that I'm committed to my job. I'm the only CFI within 70miles and don't know who would take my place. The AF only has 60 days to push them through and I don't want to drop anyone in the middle of their training and force them to miss their SUPT dates ect.

C)I like flying the merlin for my boss. He flies it too and with me gone it would put quite a damper on his plans.

So I figure that with my last 6 guys I could finish them in 2 months so long as I quit getting the kind of weather I've been having. It's like God's after me. (Snowed 4 inches here last week in the damn desert). So at my current rate it's looking like the end of April till I'm done here and then moving back.

Do you think I'm an idiot for staying till then? I'm not worried about my hours anymore. If the airline doesn't hire me because I have "Too many" which I aquired by doing airforce work then boo on them. I just don't want to get there and see no one hiring.... I want an honest outlook. Where do you think they will be come april/may? I'm turning 25 on March 8th so I'm kinda having a pre-midlife crisis about my decision making abilities right now.
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