Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Pretty much comes down to...
Do you want airline lifestyle?
Or opportunity to influence and improve your organization as a senior officer or maybe GO?
You can still fly and enjoy the camaraderie in guard/reserves, probably even more so than AD, so that's a wash either way. A reserve senior officer can still mentor people and improve his organization, but the scope is potentially wider on AD.
^^^This.
All good advice here, but Rick has highlighted the "Have your cake and eat it too" scenario. It's what I did.
It gives a lot of security in the uncertain world of airline flying.
Your fixed-wing time is low, but you could probably get on with a Regional easily, and transition to a Major shortly after.