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.
Would love to get a sim job and not worried about the lack
of retirement at this point. Thing is, have applications in at all
3 major sim contractors in the Miami area, yet not a peep and fear that unless I know someone on the inside, I am never going to hear when a position becomes available.