Well, when i was in my early twenties, people where impressed when they found out that i was a Pilot and allready on big jets... the Girls loved it, plus i had more money than all of my friends.
Now, 20 years later, people feel sorry for me. They consider the job hard labour, badly paid with a catastrophic work life balance.... wich is not true in my case, but i leave them in their disbeliev. But now some of my friends really make big money in banking or IT....