Hey man, hopefully I can shed lite.
I'v been on her before and like you I see a lot of people go I hate my job. I want to get out of flying. Whan Whan
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But here's my question, for all of the whiners how many of them got into it for the flight hours. For wanting to be in the air. No what attracted them was the ports of call and the pay. If you go into any job for cash and benefits, you will in the long run be dissapointed unless your the CEO banking on what you take away from the employees.
The simpliest answer is fly because you love it, its a hobby. Don't do it for the pay because in any job, any place you will find the shortcommings of money and not the long run of enjoyment.
So a question to everyone that answered in a negative way, why did you join? I sure as hell didn't for the pay.
(By the way, as a plea to all pilots student or otherwise don't do a SSTR please. If anything not being bonded for a free TR is a dissapointment.)