Sorry to be the Grinch so to speak but I can’t see why anyone would want to do this job man or woman after having a child. It costs a fortune to train, The pay is rubbish, shift patterns are a nightmare, weekend work, you miss Christmas and basically every special occasion, literally can’t plan anything, you are away all of time, forced to take holidays when you don’t want it, I could go on!
I was doing this job long before I had children and I can honestly say it has been terrible for my family life. I am constantly jealous of my friends who see there children every night, get to tuck them in to bed whilst I am sat in some hotel alone, planning nice weekend away as a family whilst I work!
There are several reason why divorce rates are so high amoughst pilots and the stress it places on your family life is very high up on that list I am lucky and have a wonderful wife but ask her what she thinks of my profession and you will
very quickly realise it’s no bed of roses.
Dont get me wrong from a selfish point of view this job has lots to offer and I still enjoy it, would I want to do anything else probably not but ask my wife or my kids and they would pretty much prefer I did anything else.