Originally Posted by
rickair7777
It's greener.
Historically I would have told you what dashaviator said, keep your day job, build time, avoid debt.
But at this moment in time the retirements are unprecedented and the opportunity is frankly insane. If you're going to do it, decide asap and then go all in, to the degree that family/finances permit.
You can still catch some of the wave, and you'll be thanking yourself for decades to come.
Disclaimer: There's always the risk of Black Swans (asteroid impact, nuclear war, pandemic, etc).
If one was to speculate, absent of some black swan event, how much longer is the current wave going to last? I feel like I'm increasingly hearing about how things are starting to wind down, particularly if one isn't eligible currently to occupy the left seat in a 121 operation.