Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
USMCFLYR,
The military is not the golden ticket that it once was. Besides that after making an officers wage the thought of flying for even a major must be hard to deal with. There most likely are better opportunities in the business world for a retired officer.
Skyhigh
Sky -
I'm still curious what kind of "golden ticket" you thought it was in the past.
Yes - even in the good times, the initial wage cut from the military to the first couple of years of even 'Major' pay was low, and if smart, a person was well prepared for those leaner times, and then the airline pay quickly caught up and just as quickly passed the military pay. There were many studies and chart / planning inclined people with calculators out there who had it all figured out about the breaking point. I remember one showing that in those *good times* that it was even financially worthwhile to get out as late as 18 YEARS and those 2 years of senority at the airlines would be worth more than the retirement. I thought that to be optimistic but I didn't look to deeply into it myself.
There are great business opportunites available out there - IF business interests you
