20++ AD. Cannot say it was my plan all along, it just evolved as my opportunities inside the Navy exceeded my probability of getting an Airline job at critical times in my life. They also kept promoting me and i was having fun. And it was mostly a lot of fun with 80% great people and 80% great flying and i would go back and do it again, but i am not sure at all i would do it in today's environment. Flew the whole time, never went to DC or did JPME. Can't do that anymore. Watched my friends, who are all Captains now, struggle through the lost decade. Suspect this is going to be a much better decade. Fly with people younger with me all the time who all paid their dues either military and got out at end of their commitments, did Commuters, and Guard babies. Happy for them, and happy with my choices. There is no free lunch. Everybody pays their dues to get to the Majors. Because it is worth it.