Dave Ramsey

Yeah, maybe, maybe.

So you're trying to jump from the dock into the boat and the boat's not close enough to the dock.

That's what I'm saying.

So I want you to pull the boat closer to the dock.

And how's that sound?

It sounds like going over there, starting to get some of your hours, paying for your first level of licenses, maybe get a weekend job as an instructor once you've got enough hours under your belt, and they'll pay you to put more hours down, and you can start to build your hours up.

Because the biggest cost is not the actual certifications, it's the hours to get ready.

And then if you want to take, because when you take a job at 55 or 60 versus what you're doing now, union to dump truck, you're taking a pay cut.

to move into this dream initially.

And I don't care if you found one off at 94, that's not the industry.

The industry is 55 or 60 right now for entry.

And I want you to go do that because you can make your way up to two or 300,000 someday, but

Please don't go $85,000 in debt and rush this.

Do it a little bit at a time and or talk to the Air National Guard and let's see if you can figure out a way to get some hours working for your country and they'll pay for the whole stinking thing, possibly.

I don't know.

Let's see what they got out there.

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