Thanks for all the replies.

Going for the ATC job with the FAA is my number one option. They have just lifted a hiring freeze and claim to be hiring huge amounts of people for control jobs over the next ten years. I guess they just now figured out that they need to replace all the guys now getting ready to retire and that it takes more than a few weeks to season a controller. Go figure.

Anyway, you have to be hired before your 31st birthday or you are not eligible for the job. I just turned 29 this past July (Had my birthday in Iraq, fun ). I have heard guys wait anywhere from 6 months to 2 years to get hired. Not because they aren't hiring but because the FAA is a bureaucratic nightmare. So, while the FAA is the number one choice I still want some good fall back choices.

I could always stay in the Corps and buy myself a nice house in Iraq. Bet I could get a great deal! Our airbases over there aren't leaving for a long, long, time.