You must ask yourself, "Why do I go to work?"
Other than to occupy your time, pay for the kids, mortgage etc, it should be to give you money to do things you enjoy more. What good is $250,000 / year if you have no passion in life to spend it on. Even worse would be if you had no one to spend it with.
The answer is only right for you. These are my views and they work for me. I chose, thats right, chose a job that gives me more time at home with the wife. It is not a 747, but it is good enough for me. The money is not your $250,000 per year but with the wifes income from her carreer, don't forget she/he may have a carreer goal too, we have enough to provide ourselves with security, comfort and toys.
Do what is right for you, but don't forget your partner, and yourself. If you have a passion in life outside of flying, don't ignore it. It is part of who you are........
Enough of this deep emotional nonsense ...back to looking at porn on the net.
Capt Stoobing. ( am I the only one that used to enjoy watching "The Love Boat"?????)