I agree, no shame in a regional, so please don't misunderstand. With the large reduction, from my current salary, and my families financial commitments (think teenagers ), making that decision is a really difficult one. I'm at a time in my life where I'd like to not wipe out all of my families savings in just 18 months.

I have some fractional/135 companies interested and they do offer a much better salary, but I'm just not sure that would make sense? Is a fractional just not going to help push me to where I want to be within 6-8 months, based on the numbers I have? Again, am I being unrealistic?

A lot of folks say, "Go to a regional and you'll get picked up within 6 months," but I'm also not sure if that's really happening?