Originally Posted by
DontLookDown
I think anyone in your position would be insane to give that up.
The advice I would give career changers is that if you make less than 70K a year and have a terrible schedule then go for it.
If you’re already making a ton of money and/or have a great schedule why would you voluntarily set yourself up to lose so much?
A lot of times it's the lack of job satisfaction. I've been working in a pediatric intensive care unit for almost 10 years making well over 70k a year and only work 3 12 hour shifts. I've always loved my job but I hit a wall, I just don't want to do it anymore. I work with screaming kids and sleep deprived/stressed parents all day. I listen to monitor and ventilator alarms, all alarms going off all day. I can tell you that being able to sit down, shut the door, sit inside a dark cockpit staring at the controls and flying a plane sounds fantastic to me. I'll give up my pay to do just that because I can't take what I'm doing until I'm 65.