Jim Burns wrote:
Sheesh! And I thought I was busy!!

Congrats on the new addition!! and the new house! Remind me to buy some
stock in who ever makes Ambien cause I get the idea that you are doing
anything BUT sleeping!!

I would think it is safe to say that I would occasionally be a good
candidate for a sleep deprivation study. .


As far as advice on which way to go... I'm the wrong guy to ask... when my
wife and I started our family and built our house, it took me 9 years to
start flying again!

I can absolutely understand why. I hadn't gone on an XC for a while, but a
few weeks I managed to go from HWO (Fort Lauderdale area) down the keys,
landed at Key West, and headed back - amazing views, literally a dream come
true, so that made up for my recent lack of flying.


I guess I'd try to figure out what my end goal was and then do what looked
best. Are you looking towards the airlines? fractionals? private sector?
Then you need the most time in the planes they use.

No. A friend of mine (Captain for SkyWest) tries to convince me to move in
that direction, but it's not going to happen anytime soon. For me, any jet
type ratings would just be 'the next challenge', I love learning about
flying and improving my flying skills, so it just seems like a great
'experience' even though in reality, I'll never use the type rating other
than to impress my wife.


Sorry I couldn't be more help, you'll get an idea what is happening in the
industry from http://www.ilsapproach.com. Lots of CFIs there trying to
climb the ladder and plenty of others telling them their nuts

You were/are of tremendous help - I've already got some excellent
suggestions. Thanks!


Glad to see the software thing is working out for you... congrats on that
too!

It's been great. It all started because I couldn't find a decent Palm or
Pocket PC application that did what I thought was valuable - so I wrote
WingX. If you'd like a copy, please email
and I'll organize it.

Thanks again Jim!

Hilton