Originally Posted by
JamesAA
Out of curiosity, if any of you could do it over again, and trade careers (back when you first began your respective careers in aviation), for a 6 figure desk job....would you do it? Suppose the desk job was 9-5 with little or no business travel, i.e. so you could be home every night by 6.
I wouldn't go back and trade my career for a six figure desk job. Wouldn't even consider it. That said, there's a big element of timing in this job, and you need to be willing to accept some level of risk that things won't work out as planned, even if you do everything right.