Originally Posted by pilot1278

I have also decided to join the ranks of the trucking industry. I was a flight instructor with my 135 IFR mins, but can't get a job locally. With a wife and a newborn kid, it's a bit hard to move for any flight job, especially to get paid less than minimum wage.

Not only that, but my other profession, drafting, is drying up fast. There is just no need for experienced draftsmen anymore, when hungry (AKA cheap) architectural and engineering grads are taking over the market.

I heard the trucking industry is doing well from many sources and so I signed up for classes at the community college. It should be fun and the money should be sufficient to tide us over until my dreams of flying become a reality again.

Once the reality hit that I needed to make this change, I got really depressed, but am feeling optimistic now. You gotta do what you gotta do.