Originally Posted by
Farva01
I will be voluntarily separating at 16 years in. I plan on staying on with the reserves, most likely in a non flying job since I will be too senior.
Are you fed up with Active Duty? At 16 years in it would be disappointing to not get an AD retirement. I can tell you that it is very nice to have Tricare benefits, not to mention that nice check coming in every month to augment my airline pay. Great peace-of-mind, too.
There are of course some considerations, such as--is it even possible to stay flying (and therefore current) up until the 20 year point, and is there a good reserve option now that could at least get you to 20 reserve years while establishing a seniority number somewhere given strong hiring over the next 4 years.
It's a tough call...but don't underestimate the AD retirement!