Originally Posted by Cubdriver

Well all this is possible. The problem is, it's hard also to report to a desk every day. Lack of adventure, sense of not having tried other options, the endless 50 hour workweeks, the stuffy corporate culture, and so on. My thought is why not try flying for a year and see if it's any better than the desk job. If it is, the money will come later. I proved this to my own satisfaction by working out the numbers. The first 7 years will be slim, but money has never been much of a thing to live for if you ask me, and if you persist it will be there eventually in flying.