hope you already have a college degree, if not, you'll be working like a dog trying to get that degree to be competitive for the majors, and doing that wile you're living as an FO for the next 3 years. As they said though, you'll end up being a very senior FO by the time youre finally elligible for upgrade, which will make quality of life pretty good, plus republics pay isn't "terrible" by any means after 1st year. When you finally do upgrade to captain, who knows, you might not even have to sit reserve...but hey, that's 3 years in the future...another note, if you're a super-genius and already have your degree (first off, i feel bad for ya for missing out on all those 21+ night clubs) but...you'd be well on your way to making it to the big times well before 30.

just met a couple of UPS guys who are ex-chautauqua, and they're both 29 years old...seems like a great setup to me.