Originally Posted by
Sink r8
...and so if you read the above, you can gather some very good advice:
1) Stay healthy, and stay happy for the long term. It's not a sprint, but a marathon.
2) You certainly can be ambitious: create (and take) any opportunity to get a seniority number at an airline that you value. Paddle hard early, then ride the first hiring wave in the set.
3) Once you get to where you were going, stay there. Don't make a bunch of lateral moves trying to second-guess the future of any given company.
4) Don't worry about things you can't control. Like your age.
Good luck!
When I got furloughed after 9/11 I had a bunch of SWA friends say come on over and I told my wife that it was either Delta or find another career. Looking pretty good right now even though I may never be a Captain. I enjoy what I do, don't kill myself with a schedule (live within my means) and when I hit 65 will be able to enjoy doing whatever I decide to do next (although I want to have enough money to buy something small to get up in the air once in while). Life is too short to be miserable doing anything you spend 1/3 to 1/2 of each year doing. Enjoy the journey.