Plan B....

Plan B at the moment would be to work in a different part of aviation. Once I have money, I'd really like to get a business degree and do something that involves working with money and numbers. My goal is to start working on Plan B well before plan A becomes a question of how much longer.
 
Plan "B" for me would be to make custom furniture for kids.

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crazyjaydawg said:
The funny thing about this is that most semi-senior (+50% in category) airline pilots have a second career. If you get to even a comfortable spot as a senior mainline FO then you will have both the time and money to open at least 5 24 hr fitness franchises. Nice profit margins, low overhead with a pretty predictable income stream. I would keep this business plan in your back pocket.
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Same thing for 24 hour laundromats. Send yourself to the 5 day school to learn how to repair them and there goes a big chunk of your overhead as well. Lady I knew who owned several made about 45 to 70K p/year off of each one. It's always the weird little niche businesses that no one thinks about that will allow you to sock away some money.
 
Plan B is to do the other two jobs I already do, instead of the current three. Luckily, I don't depend on flying anymore for a primary paycheck.

Nice to not have all the eggs in the aviation basket, a basket that's volatile and can come to a screeching halt in so many different ways, many of those outside of your control.
 
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Plan B: find a good mx facility where I can roll my skillset into a niche position where I get to pick and choose my jobs. Probably electronics or avionics related. Not interested in doing any more "R&R #3 cylinder with overhauled unit, ground run, leak check ok" at 2 AM.
 
Until I hit 30 my plan B was ATC. It actually became my plan A for about six months. Luckily for me, it didn't work out.
 
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