I quit 5 years ago and now make a butt load of cash and I hate it. Really my only regret in life was leaving aviation. So F it all I'm throwing my hat back in the ring for round 2. I'm pretty sure my wife has seen my eyes dulling from being a 9-5er. Whoever said aviation is a disease was right on, b...

Get your CPL and then hit the streets to feel it out. Look for pipeline patrol, parachute schools, anything aerial work. If you have no luck there (be persistent, no one hires on just one meeting) do your instructor rating. Having worked in the industry forever, companies hire the guys they know and...