It can be done! What's more I know 2 people that have.
One was a pilot; walked away one day day and said enough was enough. He bought a farm (no, honestly) and has sinced retired but when I visited him a few years back, he wouldn't even look up when something flew over. Divorce complete!
The other was an engineer who became an hotelier (or similar), still has an interest in things aeronautical but let his licence lapse about 10yrs ago and hasn't looked back since.
As for me, I'm dreadfully sad and will probably end my days in this fine,if rather stressful industry. It's not so much fun as it used to be though and I think that if something came up, I'd look at it quite seriously.
Good luck in your efforts to get out.
(Edited for spelling. How come I never see the mistakes until they're on the screen?)
[This message has been edited by Teetering head (edited 29 January 2001).]