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FNGFO
5 years on property at NK. Junior CA, eternal reserve and maybe displaced, albeit slowly, from my base. 22 years left to go. I pulled the handle and start elsewhere in a few days.
I figure 7-8 year break even and hope that seniority list movement will mitigate recession concerns moving forward. Hard choice. Didn’t want to leave, but I feel that waiting on the final outcome of whatever spirit will become will make me miss opportunities elsewhere. Maybe I’ll regret that and maybe I won’t. Check back in 2-3 years.
The wife has a good, secure job and has dug her heels into where we live. She’s not moving, I’m not commuting and I don’t want find out I’m a commuter in a few years when the legacies start hitting the tail end of their hiring waves.
A few year’s difference in age or seniority either way would have made the decision for me, but I struggled over this one in my current situation.
Best of luck with whatever you decide.
Almost the same situation for me. I was a 7 year line holding CA (for the time being) living in base, would have been back on RSV with the planned displacements. I didn’t want to gamble my next 27+ years that the base would even be around and turn me into a commuter for the rest of my career. The wife has a great job that would make it financial suicide to move if the base was shut down so I wouldn't have to commute. I never thought I would leave after Covid, but I too didn’t want to wait and see what happened. Ended up leaving in early June. It’s a tough decision that I struggled over. Good luck with whatever you choose.