Seriously, when I got out of the Marine Corps, I would have gone to Law School. Dead serious. This profession has changed so much in the past 10 years, it's almost not worth pursuing. Just look at the erroded salaries, work rules, pensions, benefits, travel "benefits", etc.

We all love to fly and that's great but unless you land a very special flying position, it's not worth the hastle. Fly for fun and make some money doing something else you are passionate about.

G'Luck Mate....and yes this is posted as a serious, constructive comment.

 

The legal profession is in the dumps right now too though. The only thing that they have that we don't is that the majority of the country's legislators came from a legal background and not an aviation background so they can continue to create their own work as needed.

 

Phantom -

With that avatar I wouldn't have guessed that you were a Marine Phantom pilot - or am I making a wrong assumption there with your past history in the Corps?

threeighteen is right though about the present legal system. It is a very tough road out there for lawyers. Even experienced lawyers looking to move are having a tough time finding new jobs. Back when you got out though Phantom you might have been able to land one of those dream jobs with a firm if that was the type of law that you were looking for.

To the OP. I consider myself one of the lucky ones. There isn't much that I would change in my aviation career. A few things here and there, but I don't feel that I have anything to complain about. There are other facets of aviation that I would have liked to have seen or worked in that I probably will never get the chance, but we all have certain things that just don't work out for one reason or another.

USMCFLYR

 

I thought Tonker's original posting was to the effect of "If you could go back in time and do your flight career over again..."

I'm well aware of the condition of the legal profession in today's environment as there are numerous attorneys in the family and two judges; however, Tonker asked about going back in time, a luxury we don't have.

I was lucky. I got into flying a l-o-n-g- time ago and was at one of the majors during "the great years". No one has 20-20 foresight so we make the best choices we can. My point was the industry has changed so much in the past half dozen years, it's not the same and the future is cloudy at best.

As for the avatar, I couldn't find a good Marine Fox-Four and had to settle for one from the "Force". Sorry about that.

G'Luck Mates