I've read ads, especially for the ATP Flight Schools, where they have a program where you go to their facility and in 90 days you recieve intense training and get through all the various phases of flight school and get placement with a job working right seat as a First Officer for a regional airlines.
Assuming I could miraculously figure a way around the obvious obstacles of huge reduction in salary, and 90 days away from home...
What is the realistic view of a person at 42 making a career change like this?
Would this be the stupidest thing on earth to consider?
I'm not talking about the expectation of ever making it to be captain of a Delta Airlines Jumbo Jet. But perhaps as a corporate pilot earning an acceptable living doing something that he loves.
Final question:
How long does this mid-life crisis crap last or does it actually require the person to make a huge change to feel he's not wasting more time?
Man, there are times where I could hit the rewind button. Days like today really get me pushing harder to find something else.
Have there been many here who have been able to chase their dreams while having a family to feed and raise?