I'll tell you Monday after I start my new hire training.. haha..

but my boat is, 34yoa, changing professions due to my wife making decent money and being debt free so I can chase the dream. From my travels and surveys, Skyler02's post seems to be dead on. Im pursuing a masters currently at an aviation college and I can say that over the years since I attended undergrad and now grad, ive noticed the number of pro-pilot students fad as well as graduate only to be discourage by the 1500hr rule and pursue other employ. I knew one guy, 500hr CFI, two years after graduating left and joined the police department. When I asked him why, he said, "Man, ive got a kid, I need to make money now, I cant wait 2 more years to get on at a regional and make slave wage for an unknown number of years past that".

Just my experience so far why navigating the hiring process.