Originally Posted by Lowlevel

Because the "higher pay" isn't really that "high" anyway (even at $42 an hour and 75 hours a month is only $37,800 a year, plus the per diem that you spend on the road anyway). If you're going to look for a career outside aviation, why not look now and take a job that will certainly pay more than 3rd or 4th year pay...and have a better QOL?