I’m in the exact same boat. I’m currently 28 years old and 5 years into a career department. We are a smaller department so the next scheduled promotion is a few years away at-least. I am a paramedic also but have very little left in student loans for that. I’ve been reading these forums for awhile and talking to local flight schools as moving away to attend ATP or something similar is probably not feasible for me with a wife and kids.