To me, sitting at a desk and going over the same standardised papers over and over again is a far more boring and repetitive job, as compared to flying. I am a pilot, so this suggests that I'm in denial. Thanks for enlightening me, it was good to learn something new about myself.
One reason why people's opinions on whether flying is a good job or a not-so-good one are so polarised is that most have never known otherwise. Some guys in their 30s who jumped into the RHS at age 20 and have never known working life outside of the flight deck think that it's a terrible job. Others, by contrast, have never had any real exposure to aviation and, from their outsider position, think that it's all roses and you get paid like a superstar and treated similarly just for sitting in a seat and watching a jet fly itself. The reality, as usually, is somewhere in between.