Originally Posted by
rcfd13
Seniority is everything. Someone who gets their name on a list at 25 will probably have a better career than the person who gets their name on the same list at 35 even though the 35 year old still has 30 years of flying left.
I'm not saying to not enjoy your life and career path when you're young, but I do think people need to keep in mind how much seniority will affect their entire life.
This pretty much sums up my entire thought process... thank you rcfd13. However, like I said I am still going through the options I have available to me. I just really want to hit the road running in my CAREER which doesn't mean I won't enjoy my life outside of flying. I have a college degree and essentially instead of going for my masters or MD I am going flying :] so why not hit it hard because I was going to do that on another pathway, why not aviation... This is what I've waited for since I was a little boy and my dad flew me around in his antique BC-12D Taylorcraft
I am trying to stay somewhere realistic about my thought process... I REALLY want to get hired onto a regional by 25 (I'll be 23 in Nov.) and then I would like to be at a Major Airline by 35... Is this somewhere realistic?