I am looking at a career change to a completely different field starting on a training salary of less than a quarter of what I was on before.
Even after 2 years it only improves to slightly more than half of the former salary, however progression should be steady and a good work ethic will probably see a reasonable level of income. It will have its share of hardships, however, considerations stemming from airline employment are:
Health - noise, cabin air, long periods spent immobile, pressurisation cycles, inhaling farts.
Night flying and the health effects
Fatigue from unstable rostering practices, time zone shifts, cumulative - health and wellbeing aspects of..
Management practices - dive to the bottom.
Unstable industry
Tedious nature of the work for hours and hours.
Hassle factor of working in and around airports. Security, immigration, circus.
Long periods away from home and family.
When does it next go bang? Once bitten, twice shy...
There are more, but the above are the main ones.
I suspect there may be many more like me - who, from the outside would appear to be having a good career.
Also that many people are susceptible to the 'sunk cost' fallacy. Too invested.
Worth looking up 'sunk cost fallacy - behavioural economics'.
This will be an interesting thread...