We were at the right place at the right time
A really fun thread on pprune in quite a while.
My take on it:
If Civilisation on earth survives a few more thousand years,and someone makes a list of the top 10 "fun" vocations that have ever employed humans.my bet is "pilot" will be somewhere near the top of that list,perhaps next to "Indiana Jones"!
This job became available just 100 years ago,and will exist in its "Indiana Jones" form(or avtaar) probably at the most for another 100 years(just a bit past young 17 year olds retirement,i am guessing)
Because, unless some crazy aviator cousin/s play a significant role in ending civilisation on earth as we know it,a 100 years from now most "Jobs" will be reduced to "programmer"
So looking at the bigger picture of the history of the world,we lucky ones sure hit the jackpot as far as good timing is concerned!