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Old 04-21-2015 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by DrunkenShytbird
This Career CAN be good IF you live in Domicile and your Domicile and your Airline don't go TU (highly unlikely, but possible).
Best thing is to just accept the fact that its going to be like the Military and you are, in all likelihood, going to have to move at some point, or like me, a whole bunch of times. I've had 3 Domiciles shut down on me, but I consider myself lucky that my Regional hasn't closed the doors... yet. It really is just a friggen crap shoot in this Career & Industry- some do alright and manage to stay married and have a good life and a lot don't. I say try it for a couple of years and see if it's for you. If it is, great...if not, get the hell out at 2 years or less because otherwise you will get sucked into a Black Hole. You might "go native" and end up all the way up the river, like Colonel Kurtz.
BUT, unlike the military, you have no job security, no pension, no lateral mobility. Of course, you don't get shot at either; but most of the military is in that category. Moving is not really an option, unless you are single or your spouse has some extremely portable career. i can't think of one offhand. Every career takes time to build.
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