joel_MQY
Well-Known Member
Hello, I've been lurking on these boards off and on for years. I wanted to give my situation and open it up to any advice.
First off, I am 28, have a wife and two small kids. I have been around aviation for 10 years. I worked on the above-wing, below-wing, and corporate side of the business for a few years - loved it. I took a cushy government job when Frontier was laying off, but that job has now gone away due to stupid decisions on my part.
So, I finally finished my private in 2012 (after starting it in 2004), and I have 90 hours. I know that I enjoy flying, and I know that I have a love for aviation. Even when I had that cushy government job (one of the best in the world), I still yearned to be out at the airport.
I have enough money (and family support) to pay for the flight training, and probably support my family for the first 3 years or so while pay sucks. I tried to talk myself out of aviation, but as I was researching other career fields the theme is pretty much the same for a respectable career: Lots of money and education up front, potential for burn-out, and small pay and sacrifices to get to a healthy living. My thought is, if I am going to do all of those above: why not do something that my heart is in?
Now my questions:
Is this crazy?
I have worked out a peaceful resolution with my government job to where it shouldn't be a blemish on the resume, but will I still be hirable? I've got a completely clean background, with not so much as a traffic ticket.
I guess my main concern is spending money to obtain ratings, etc. and shrinking our family's cushion in doing so if things for some reason don't work out.
Any thoughts or advice? Thank you.
First off, I am 28, have a wife and two small kids. I have been around aviation for 10 years. I worked on the above-wing, below-wing, and corporate side of the business for a few years - loved it. I took a cushy government job when Frontier was laying off, but that job has now gone away due to stupid decisions on my part.
So, I finally finished my private in 2012 (after starting it in 2004), and I have 90 hours. I know that I enjoy flying, and I know that I have a love for aviation. Even when I had that cushy government job (one of the best in the world), I still yearned to be out at the airport.
I have enough money (and family support) to pay for the flight training, and probably support my family for the first 3 years or so while pay sucks. I tried to talk myself out of aviation, but as I was researching other career fields the theme is pretty much the same for a respectable career: Lots of money and education up front, potential for burn-out, and small pay and sacrifices to get to a healthy living. My thought is, if I am going to do all of those above: why not do something that my heart is in?
Now my questions:
Is this crazy?
I have worked out a peaceful resolution with my government job to where it shouldn't be a blemish on the resume, but will I still be hirable? I've got a completely clean background, with not so much as a traffic ticket.
I guess my main concern is spending money to obtain ratings, etc. and shrinking our family's cushion in doing so if things for some reason don't work out.
Any thoughts or advice? Thank you.