Originally Posted by
CANAM
I would seriously look at the industry right now and your options. Does the other path pay more and allow you to be at home more than two days per week? If you're a young guy, this may mean very little right now, but you may end of kicking yourself down the road when your children don't know you're name and you're still slingin' ERJ gear making an ERJ salary. Not to dissrespect anybody (I was an RJ guy for 10 years), but he should look at his options. I know I should have.
You greased it right on the mark. I am in school right now for a career in health care. Likely RN or Physicians Assistant. Both of those careers pay 2x starting out and generally 3-4 day work weeks. I'm not young and I have 2 pre-teen kids. My rational is the possibility of missing out on this "wave" of pilot shortage in the next couple years which may allow me to advance into a major or UPS/FX freight. My problem is a current major shortage of money, and simply missing the smell of jet fuel in the morning. It is important that the conditions of my employment are acceptable to my life. I must commute from FL due to current arrangements and I won't accept something that is going to be damn near a pain in the ass. I am beyond the days of begging for a regional pilot job, accepting whatever is offered, and kissing the soles of the shoes of the people who may hire me. Currently my semester is over until Januaray 10th. After that I have another semester of school. If I am offered something reasonable to start prior to that I MAY accept. However, past Jan 10th I am committed until April.