Revisiting this post with an update: after some thought, and not really all that much (it should’ve been obvious), I’ve decided to take on a huge loan to attend Republic’s LIFT Academy. Had a talk with one of the maintenance guys for Allegiant at my ramp gig the other day and he suggested that getting a 5-year contractual position with the airline following a three year training program was a great deal, no matter what the cost might be. He mentioned the fact that I would be getting hours that way too, another thing I failed to think about. I looked up some salaries for RPA and for mainline (for further down the road), and if my math is correct, that debt will be paid off no problem once I make the jump in for mainline. And, again, if my math is correct, I’ll be donating to charity at 35 because I won’t know what to do with a $180/flight hour wage at 75 hours per bid period…
Although that first two to three years at Republic as a FO might be a bit rocky for me and my soon to be wife, I think it’ll still be eons better than where we are now, and besides, like I implied before, I don’t think I’ll have too much to be concerned about in a few years…
On another note: According to Zillow, with the amount of bank I’ll be making as an AAL 737 CA (if that is indeed where I end up in a decade or so), my wife and I will be able to afford a $750k-$900k home. Rather exciting, I might say. Haha
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