This topic is always an interesting one
I love flying, and to get to a point in ones profession where we are even on this board, I believe most are passionate about what they do for a living. This isn't to say that we are not disgruntled with the current state of the industry.
I know if I had to do something else for a living, and it certainly has been entertained, I would have to be just as passionate about that profession as I have been with FLYING.
I feel for the group as a whole, because we are definately getting the shaft, but what industry isn't today.
I have been unemployed almost as much as I have been employed, and in the long run probably would have made more doing almost anything else, just because the periods of unemployment would not have likely been as frequent.
Great experience, lousy profession.