Thanks everyone. Looks like I need to investigate some ANG units, reasearch that side of things some more.

Still having a tough time making the decision. Like FNG1 said, it looks my brother's life is just a non-stop vacation, he finally has decent pay, and can get decent schedules, get the domiciles he wants. Its pretty tempting. I'm trying not to fool myself about the security of airline jobs though. Seems like every "expert" has a different take on it.