If you can be happy making 60-70K (Reg. CA) for the top of your career after your education investments, jump in. If you think you will have a good chance of 100K + for the majority of your career, find something else because there's a good chance it will not happen. If you want to fly and can live on 60K and be happy with that for your career then it's a good job I think. Eventually you will have 15 days off/month and make a decent salary (though for what we do and what is put into it, it's not enough IMO).