I'm not gonna deny that money is a motivating factor in what I do, and in my field of engineering, $50k-$60k is the tops. I mean, I WANT to fly, I love to fly, but I don't want to get paid in peanuts for my entire life either.

I've been looking at the FO and Captain pay grades and they SEEM to increase on a yearly scale and with a fairly lucritive outcome in the 8-10 year scheme. The way that I've been justifying this move is by telling myself that I'm only 27, and by the time I'm 35 I could be in a good position both in my career and financially. Is this a bad assumption???