I would have highly considered staying in there was a pilot only track versus a command track. How many of us know dept heads, recently promoted to O-4, that work 2-3 hours more a day than the O-3's, and fly less than us. I didn't fly enough as it is, and certainly didn't want to get promoted into that. If I could have stayed an O-3 (with semi annual longevity raises), and only taken flying tours, that would have kept it fun enough for me to have stayed in.

And, with me staying an O-3, it would've kept some of those costs down mentioned above.