Thanks for all the great advice guys! To clarify a bit, right now I'm CFI-ing outside of my home state, 20 hours drive from any family. I am married but we're totally mobile. So, at the end of my gig instructing here we're moving, one way or another. Choice #1 is move right back to the same area where the whole fam damily lives and try for an ORD base. Choice #2 is to pick something with a base on the eastern half of the U.S. and move to within an hour of base.
I'm partial to choice #2 for the fact that I think I'll be able to base my choice more on the things that really allow you to enjoy your job like a good pilot group, etc. Plus, we'll be closer to family than we are now, but not too close if you know what I mean.
If my logic here is silly, just say so.
So, I don't necessarily need to be at ORD. That's just what has always seemed like the obvious choice to me, being from the area I grew up. Say I did choose to move back home and go for ORD, what happens if I can't get it?
Originally Posted by
snippercr
Out of curiosity, which direction are you driving to ORD from? Construction along 90 from 290 to Rockford is complete so people who drive from the west have it a lot easier now.
I would be coming from the east-ish