Originally Posted by
gringo
Way to miss the forest for the trees.
You’ll break $100k easy your second year and by year three, seeing you live in base and are willing to be flexible, you can easily be north of $150k.
I was also single income with kids. I ended up financing my first year mostly on credit. And that was on the old contract. I don’t think I made much more than $30k. In South Florida.
Yes it sucked, but long term it made sense.
That was 5 years ago. My income is now well north of $250k, double anything I would have dreamed of at my previous employer...
Your kids will survive For a year on Ramen and Mac n Cheese no problem. It’ll go by fast.
Great points Gringo. I was definitely a bit near sighted in that post. I appreciate the information, and did not realize how much I could be making at Spirit by year 3. I have never dreamed of making anything near 250k - a little pain for a year to have that 5 years down the road is completely worth it!