Originally Posted by
md11pilot11
I want to add one more thing. It’s cool to fly to cool places but it only lasts so long. Get senior get more time off and go travel for fun with your family and friends. It’s way way way better than operating to a 30 hour overnight. Then trying to rest so you can fly back. Block your schedule together and get 2 weeks off in a row or be senior FO and get bought off then go travel.
Quoted for maximum truth. By the time the OP gets settled into the new job their life could have changed where the flying they want to do may not be important anymore. Instead of barely working and spending time doing what they love they will be on reserve being far removed from what they love and enjoy. There is no way to measure this or quantify it but it is so, so important.