Though i have been earning enough to fly for fun, the longer term future is a bit murky in that respect so if a career change is needed in medium term this could be the time to move in the direction of something i would really want to do.
Once again, we seem to be in very very similar positions. The thing that is really holding me back is the most common one; perspectives surrounding the end of CPL/IR training and starting to find a way to get some hours and some money (preferably at the same time!!). I still have (maybe to my own harm...) some sense of decency and work ethics and the constantly referred "schemes" around starting to "work" (the latest posts around these forums suggest aviation is going down a hobby path, and rightfully) are really not what i want..
What is your perspective (even if it is through a crystal ball) of those times?
Is instruction an option? (In Portugal the number of trainees has dropped a lot and so even the number of instructor courses is also very low...)
Is there a market for guys like us (200-ish hours) who don't want/expect/need to go running up the ladder to a shinny big jet and would just enjoy flying and getting paid decently?
(sorry for this slight hijack of your thread, FlyMonkeyFly...)