tough decision,A little advice please!

[newmei]

Hey folks,

First a little background. I'm 23, ATP CFI,II,MEI w/ 1500 TT 75 ME. (the newmei, is two years old! BTW) I have the luck to be able to live with free rent, and school is paid for. I have a full time job that wake up for at 5:00 am, it wears me out big time. I am also enrolled in ERAU's online program, I find myself just staggering not being able to stay caught up, its going to take me a million years to finish at this rate. Also on the weekends I'm spending my work money on twin-time or instructing two students that I have. As you can see I have a full house. Give me a opinion on what you would do.

A) Keep working and suckering it up while going to school. Neglect flying.

B) Quit work cold turkey for 2-3 months and just finish school while free lancing a little. Its gonna be tight on money but I can work till I'm blue after I'm finished with school.

Any other ideas?
Thanks

 

[English]

How 'bout this...

Keep working full-time to pay for your twin time at nights and on weekends. Also instruct nights and weekends, emphasizing building your multi clientele. Put the ERAU online thing on hold FOR NOW. Start applying for regional and charter gigs now.

Get a flying job (I'm assuming that is your goal here) and quit the day job. Once you have a full time flying job, (for example, a regional), you'll have PLENTY of time to work on the online degree. You can take your laptop on overnights or in the break room while sitting reserve, or in the FBO, etc.

You are only 23 with 1500 hours. Any job you would be applying for right now does not require the degree. After you land a flying job, the next sequential goal should be to move up the ladder. Putting off the online degree by a year will not hurt your chances at a good job - you don't qualify for a good job right now anyway.

That's my .02. I'm not a career counselor so beware, you get what you pay for...