Me personally.... I would kill to be flying right now.... my last company went out of business landing my butt on the street... I was banking on my class date but had it pushed back.... and no one out there wants to hire a guy that will be leaving in August (hopefully at least) for another company.... now I am not about to lie to someone about my plans/intentions with their company because that just isn't who I am or what I am about and I would love to be racking up more hours and have a job to hold onto if they push ground school back even further. I cannot tell you how to live your life but if you can/could work before going into ground school why wouldn't you.....