Originally Posted by
ufgatorpilot
If I were you, I would keep my FA job and get your ratings on the side. I know a couple people who have done that and it has worked out very well because they had flexible schedules that allowed them to devote some time to flight training, but they were still making money and getting benefits, etc.
Here's a great example (from a recent press release):
"On Friday, October 24, during a special ceremony in the EAA AirVenture Museum's Eagle Hangar, seven special aviators were inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Halls of Fame, including EAA Warbirds of America inductee Connie Bowlin.
Connie grew up on a tobacco farm in Kernersville, North Carolina. After graduating from Winston-Salem Business College in 1970, she began her flying career as a Delta Air Lines flight attendant. While working as a flight attendant, she obtained her private, commercial, and airline transport pilot certificates and her multiengine and instrument ratings. In March 1978 she became the fourth female pilot hired by Delta - one of the first 50 women pilots hired by a major carrier. Connie flew as a second officer on the Boeing 727, was a copilot on the DC-9 and the Boeing 767/757, and then moved up to captain on the DC-9 in 1990. She retired from Delta Air Lines in 2003 as a Boeing 767/757 captain."