Originally Posted by Coastie

Thanks for the valuable input. After reading the plethora of posts within these forums, I definitely will not seperate without a retirement. It's a pretty good pension considering one starts receiving checks the day you retire. After utilizing the pay calculators within this website, the retirement will also be useful when offsetting the early years within an airline.

1. Any benefit in obtaining a Masters degree? I'm willing to invest my own time if it's a worthy cause, but not willing to apply for any Coast Guard programs because the payback tour coupled with the time in grad school will keep me out of the cockpit for 5-7 years, with no guarantee of returning to the fixed wing community.