Yes use your flying time and make connections
Hi all, I am 36 years old male, and I am from the USA.
I flew for Emirates for over 8 years and, after quitting, worked in a couple of customer service roles ( call center sales support, customer account management), but I came to conclusion that all job that have an element of directly dealing with customers suck.
So I decided to go back to school, now into my 3rd year of undergrad degree process ( yes at the age of 36!) and I have had several job offers, chose one, and now interning for a major insurance company in IT applications development role.
It is important to calculate your next move when you are still thinking about quitting, as it took me 3 years of well-paid Emirates job to save the amount of money required to pay tuition and board at the US public university. Choose the field which will give you the *guaranteed* job: computer science, technology, engineering, teaching ( esp bilingual etc), nursing.