Interesting that the title of the thread is "Pilot Shortage" yet the minute a young commuting pilot walks away people come out of the woodwork to point the finger at him. I say the conditions aren't up to scratch, so an intelligent young man instead of bleating for 20 years in the cockpit is simply handing his stuff back and going back to GA. I'm actually seeing this on our side of the world at the moment. People in senior positions demoting themselves or young smart guys leaving the career. If you have level headed good operators demoting themselves, taking a massive paycut or looking to leave the industry I think you might have a problem. (Canary coal mine).
I'm not a commuter but have commuted for short periods so understand his perspective. The attitude of some non commuters toward commuters, particularly some of the managers is poor to say the least. A friend of mine commuted as his dad had a serious illness another because his child needed specialist support in a particular city. You never know why you might have to commute you know. And those that do it for career, I say good on them, good luck and hope to see you in the jumpseat sometime soon.
None of the items listed by the young man were deal breakers but the accumulation of them made it in the end not worth it. Please now blast me, I enjoy it,