I wouldn't trade my 20 months of instructing for anything. If the pay had gone up at my school sooner to what it is now I'd still be there and I'd be working on a masters degree. I couldn't afford to live on $1300 a month after taxes and wasn't willing to move. So I bailed for the airlines. It's amazing what $300-400 a month more can do for you when you're making that little.

Got to the first airline with 700/50. Hated that airline and left after 6 months. Went to another airline that I enjoyed working at a lot more but I'm now furloughed. That masters would come in handy right about now...