Im a married pilot who has been in this game for 7yrs after leaving a government job of 12 yrs. My advice would be to get the pension then either thow your self into the helicopter game hammer and tong or do seasonal work to feed the heli drug habit . Reason being there is very little job security, pay is proportional to instability/risk (mostly) and even if you have support from the one who is to be loved a piece of string is only so long.
As a great man once said "use the force luke"
