PilotLZ
Agree 50/50.
There are not many jobs You can compare ours with. We do take a sheet-load of responsibilities every time we are out there and face HUGE liabilities towards the Law. In certain countries if you screw up, be it your fault or not, you end up in jail before they figure out what to do with you.
As pilots we do need to be on top of our game every single time we go out flying, especially as captains ; you're the last line of defence. If the FO's grumpy because of partying or because he's been dumped by his moroccan girlfriend then you still need to fly 2/3/4/5/600+ people safely from A to B.
In many office jobs you can ****-up with no big outcomes ; in ours if you do clip the wing tip of your ride on somebody's else's tail even by a few inches you make the news. and thousands of pax are affected immediately.
So basically I am not (yet) ready to be a plumber.