Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Commuting hotel stays are not paid for, neither are crashpads.
Your side job opportunity depends on the company, airplane, and base. If you end up on reserve for an extended period it will be hard to have a side gig. If you end up a line holder in a junior base where you can control your schedule and get a lot of days off, then you might be able to swing it.
Unless you are retiring from the military, consider staying in the reserves...you can probably work as much as you want to and the airline has to let you off. It's rare to be given a hard time over reserve duty from an airline. However...there are plenty of IA opportunities right now your reservists. If you stay in long enough it will probably get around to you.
Ok- really dont want to stay in active duty just for the fact that I am not doing what I really want to do if you know what I mean.
Reserves- definately a consideration just because I dont want to throw away 10yrs toward a retirement..even though that retirement doesnt start coming until age 60. It is very hard for me, a finance major, to get out of one of the few organizations that still offer a retirement for 20yrs of employment.
Really dont want to do the IA thing. That is one of the reasons for me getting out- just got married, kids down the road...dont want to leave them for deployments. I do, however, understand the ailine pilot life- away from home for a few days, then at home, then away....but no long stretches such as 6 months. I can handle that and so can she.