Extend Separation Date or Separate and pray
03-26-2024, 06:48 AM
#11
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,289
Originally Posted by tnkrdrvr
OP: All the posters saying to just bail and get on with your life are likely correct. However, I’ll throw out the counter argument for the sake of discussion. Over the course of my career I’ve run into more than a few guys who had the misfortune to commit to bailing off active duty just as the airline industry hit rough times. This can result in a years to decade plus delay in starting your airline career at a destination carrier. Joining a Guard or Reserve unit provides some measure of safety net if that happens. Is the above scenario likely in the next year or two, I doubt it, but if you have a family you need to have a plan b and a plan c. MWS contract sim instructors are currently making good money so that could be a good plan d.
But this particular decade still has a lot of retirements to dampen routine economic cycles.
Still, plan B and C are suggested, almost goes without saying.
03-26-2024, 09:17 AM
#12
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Joined APC: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,122
Originally Posted by tnkrdrvr
OP: All the posters saying to just bail and get on with your life are likely correct. However, I’ll throw out the counter argument for the sake of discussion. Over the course of my career I’ve run into more than a few guys who had the misfortune to commit to bailing off active duty just as the airline industry hit rough times. This can result in a years to decade plus delay in starting your airline career at a destination carrier. Joining a Guard or Reserve unit provides some measure of safety net if that happens. Is the above scenario likely in the next year or two, I doubt it, but if you have a family you need to have a plan b and a plan c. MWS contract sim instructors are currently making good money so that could be a good plan d.
