OK. I think you ladies are the only one's who would understand this.
DH's school has a contract with China Air to do all their training. This program will start in the next month or so (Nov 1 at the earliest).
The training will be done at a seperate location than where they are doing the "regular" training for reasons of space and because China Air said so. That seperate location is about 100 miles southeast of where we currently live.
DH was offered a job (flat out told he would be an asset to the school and they would be sad if he didn't go) to teach ground school there, and then flight instruct when he gets his CFI (another LOOONG story behind that too).
I can't take my job with me, and we're not ready for me to quit to find one there.
Advantages to taking the instructor job with China Air:
- free housing for 10 months (probably old officer quarters)
- we think it has a meal allowance
- he'll get through his hours faster because of the nature of the program
- with the state of flight academy loans he might not have many students if he stays with the normal school instruction
So here's what we've decided to do. He's going to take the job (technically he still has to interview, but they've moreorless handed him the job) and I'm going to stay here. We'll see each other on the weekends. If nothing else, this will help us get used to the idea of him working for an airline when he'll be gone a bunch.
So are we crazy? Or is it that non-pilot families just don't get it?