Well was eventually planning on getting back into the FAA... But now I think I can I can finally lay down my dreams of a level 11 or 12 forever. Theres no way i'd go back to a level 7 and below and rot there for another 5+ years playing the lottery system again. No way. The FAA is over for me. On a positive note the DOD is nothing to complain about. What you leave on the table as far as money is made up of better work/life balance, skate schedules, all holidays off, weekends off, and shoves quite a bit. Well my life direction got a whole lot simpler!