my two cents, get into this field for a profession if you love it, the money isnt great unless you get lucky and make it to fedex or ups, so you need to just be happy to show up and get paid for something that you absolutely love to do. you will meet some great people along the way, it never gets boring, but it's not the 9-5, you won't be home with the fam every night, if you can handle making sacrifices like that, being treated like crap at a regional for 5-10 years and then starting from the bottom again at a major then go get that PPL, get a degree, then if you still have the bug, get the rest of the ratings. Best of luck to you!