2 years ago, I threw in my $90k a year job to go flying. I have a wife and 3 kids to feed. I targetted 2 employers, the 1st to gain hours, and the 2nd was to be the long term employer.
I now work for a regional airline. My job now gives me imense satisfaction for only 35% of what I once earned. But Christ, I am happy.
If you have the right attitude, don't be a prat and hang around flight offices trying to snag the Chief Pilot every time he walks through the office, you have a good chance of making it.
By reading through many posts in pprune, most pilots aspire to be jet jockeys, and are NOT content til they get there. Consequently they are never happy in any job they have on the way through smaller companies.
I'd love to fly a jet, but it is not gunna happen for me. I know that. I fly turbo prop, probably get command in 18 months, earning around $50k (a far cry for the majors) but it's enough to live off of, and i get to see my family every night, and I don't have to live out ot a suit case, or sleep in motel beds where gallons of others bodily fluids still roam <img src="eek.gif" border="0">
Life is what you make of it. Try to be happy where you are, and plan your next move. I will heppen !!