Is it really that worth it to be an airline pilot as a career option?

[agent.oen]

G_Sixty, thanks for the bite/gobble! The reason for the negative-ness that can be clearly sensed from my post is, I would say, a slight strategy in order to get the positive aspects shining clearly from pilots.

What I can say is that the general concept portrayed by the replies is to live your life happy, no matter what. If flying is the dream of your life, then it’s better going for it than spending the rest of your life sitting in a chair regretting never having gone for it – even if this means potentially losing Eur-60k plus annual expenses required to maintain the licenses and medical. It’s better having the ‘ticket’ to fly just in case an opportunity does happen to come by in the country you live in (if you do not wish to relocate), rather than not have the ‘ticket’ when opportunities do happen to show up.

This is the general gist I’ve observed from the post. Furthermore, although the salaries starting off may be lower than others, it is still enough to get by with…till you become the senior.

I still have the dilemma, but things are starting to be a bit more clear now.