Originally Posted by
Armyguy
The grass is not greener. You are flying a fighter jet in the Navy. Pretty darn cool. I wouldnt trade 1 day of my military service for 1 day at the airlines and I was a loser helicopter pilot for a big chunk of it. This airline flying is by far the most boring flying you will ever do.....how guys do 40 years of LGA-DFW without going crazy is beyond me. Wait, I get it, they do JFK-LHR over and over also.
That's so true, but at the same time the work-in vs money-out is beyond comparison. I think I averaged 9 days of work/month last year. Add that to the check of the month club and $300/yr health care and it's a great place to be in retirement. Couldn't even even compare that to my slowest time in the military, even pre-9/11.