I’ve been watching 121noob’s posts for quite awhile and I decided I wanted to finally chime in.

If you really wanted a 121 job you would make some sacrifices. After 11 years of active duty military I decided I hated it and wanted to pursue being a professional pilot (while I was in the military I would be gone for weeks at a time and my family survived). At the time I was almost 30 years old and was married, had a kid, and another on the way and had a house (I had obligations). At that point I was also making about 75k/yr. When I got out of the military in order to be able to pursue my pilot certificates I took a job in retail making $11/hr (poverty wages as you say). Yes my wife did work until the new baby came and combined we probably made about 70k/yr (still poverty wages as you say), but when the baby came it dropped off a lot, I’ll let you do the math with my $11/hr wage. After I got my private, I got a job at the FBO with an awesome raise to $12/hr (still poverty wages). A few years later I also, like you, ended up with a jet job early on in my flying career. Despite my jet time (I was obviously overqualified for a regional), I still got a job offer flying for a regional.

So to me, it sounds like you are just making excuses. If you really wanted to job, you would make sacrifices. Everything JohnBurke has said is spot on. And before you say it, I admit, my reading comprehension may not be that great.