I want to fly, but to justify it as a career, you to absolutely love it because you have to give up so much. Being gone 18-20 days a month is almost unimaginable to me. AH!

If I could find a 1-2 month king air type gig, that would be ideal. Or even buy/rent an airplane and go fly IFR. Bring the fun back into flying. (Instructing has been getting to me. I yearn to actually touch the controls!)

Military aviation is a long shot. I have about 20/500 vision and would require eye surgery then a year of waiting. Then of course I could sign the papers and then they tell me that they don't have need for me as a pilot, or I have some weird heart condition so I cant fly. If I did military, I would do flight officer or perhaps nuclear engineering then get out and try to get employed by Boeing or some other aerospace company.