Thanks for the words of wisdom guys!! it really helped me develop my strategy...Aloft, you were pretty much onto my scheme.. i just want to run far far away... but ya'll are right, i need a plan and i need to follow that plan to the T to make this work.
Mike, you asked for an update, so here you go.
I've decided that instead of taking the high road simply because "i want
OUT", i'm gonna take "the smart road"...meaning i've decided to get my AICP and become a Certified Planner. it's similar to a professional engineering gig but specialized in the planning field only (somewhere i always did want my career to go but didn't think i could succeed). The AICP designation is going to be used as a backup if i ever need to get back into engineering once i finally get out of it. as we all know, you need a backup career even outside of aviation. since this career is already started, i'm gonna keep it around as *my backup* in which the AICP after my name will help me establish a new job if/when needed.
So, i'm gonna stick with my company until November (when the exam is) and reevaluate after the exam. I'm pretty sure i'll be with them till at least the end of the year or longer cuz it's really not right to have them pay for this major exam and then tell em "see ya".
So, in the meantime, i'm gonna study up for the exam, save all or half of my paychecks to a separate account during the summer months (i think we can afford to do that) and sometimes this summer, make an appt with the SBA to see how they might be able to help me get this thing off the ground. while i'm doing that, i'm gonna get jetgirls rolling to where i'll be comfortable leaving it for some time because after the exam is over, i'm back into getting this new career off the ground.
I figure, after the exam, i'll have backup career set, some extra fundage ready to be used and i'll have already had that first appt with the SBA to see how i can go about making dreams realities...
so, the plan is slowly formulating as i go... as much as i'd like to get out now, i know i can't.
and i just have to bid my time, hit my milestones and remember that with each milestone hit successfully brings me closer to getting the HELL outta this office!!
