Originally Posted by
Coolbrz
Spike,
I would be 48 yrs old at 20 AD retirement. So I'd be looking at about 9 years of missed pension payments.
Your point is still valid however. Army option has much less risk but upside and employment is capped. Whereas airline option is potentially riskier but higher overall pay and benefits if I do it long enough.
Well, as a guy who just turned 57, 48 seems pretty young to me. I do believe that the hiring boom will last more than ten years, unless the A4A lobby can get the government to grant HB1 Visas to Indonesian kids with bogus logbooks (don't underestimate this threat!).