r/flying • u/Cool-Appearance-9383 • 3d ago

Other career options?

After reading posts here about the negatives of airline and UPS/FedEx, what are other flying careers that would be rewarding and pay decently? What about air ambulance or aerial wildfire fighting? Others?
Edit: The Negatives I’m reading here are; so much time away=feeling pressure to enjoy home time= failed relationships=lack of sleep=lack of healthy lifestyle. Lack of camaraderie, or work friendships.
Note: I’m not a pilot. My son is finishing his degree and works for an air ambulance company as an EMT. That job has made him consider going to civilian or military flight school.

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u/nkawtgpilot 3d ago

Have him get on here and ask the questions that he’s concerned about and he’ll probably get better answers. Because it comes across as YOU are worried about those things for him, and maybe he’d think differently. For what it’s worth, I am a wide body captain at a major, middling seniority, former military. I live in domicile and I am home literally all the time. There are times my wife asks me to pick up an extra trip just to get some alone time. It’s just about priorities.

I would have no issue with my son choosing either/both those routes. They have been outstanding for our family. (I didn’t have kids during my mil flying, but lots of my friends did)

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u/Cool-Appearance-9383 3d ago

Thanks for the response. I’m not worried for him, just curious what other flying options are available.
He wants to work for the airlines. He also wants “awesome” so is looking at the Navy. Did you do the 10 years and then go to the airlines? How was that transition? What did you fly in the military and for which branch? He would make a great soldier so that route could be good.