I'll probably be able to push my cash and liquid reserves to around $80-100k by the end of my project here, which I'm pretty much forced to finish. The estimated finish will last roughly by Q4 of this year (will be 33 at that time).
The motivation is there, but the reasons listed earlier are still making me hesitant and confused. If my company does not decide to chop down my unit, there's probably $50k/y for me when I return. The job sucks though, and there's always the concern of being axed, despite of making decent results.
Thanks for the many advice, I keep on looking at the openings on the cadet programs at least, which don't seem to be that many at the moment. Good for me however that I'm not available for the next 6-10 months or so.
The fast track options seem interesting as well, the ~1year stint seems reasonable. Or do the airlines frown upon people from such courses? It's quite fast paced so are them treated like rushing into things?
And a quite vague question is about the certainty of the employment after the cadet programs, if I have the chance of a lifetime to join one. I've been in the corporate world long enough to know that there's no certain things, but is there any overall approximation of the success rate of those?