Originally Posted by
hindsight2020
and make peanuts? I wouldn't advise someone I considered a friend to pursue academia. The OP needs a fed job that doesn't require a medical. ASI jobs I believe are out on that count, but there's other LOBs that take ya without one. The private sim gig would be an easier transition, though with a lackluster retirement compared to the federal jobs.
hs2020:
It was a suggestion; not a directive.
Av8tor, are you NW Florida? Say up around the PNS or TLH area?
atp