timmy,
its not about the love flying. Ask SOs or relief FOs how much flying actually gets done by them!
What it is about is the constantly attack and erosion on terms and conditions in our contract and changing career expectations.
Imagine if you took off and during your flight you constantly were told to climb or descend 10,000', make 90degree turns, rerouted to new destinations, told to dump fuel etc etc. Then imagine if this kept happening on a regular basis!
As pilots we like to have control over our careers like we have control over our flights. CX management, as well qualified as their zoology degrees make them, don't particularly care about consistency or fairness. They simply change the rules on a day to day basis as it suits them to deal with whatever crisis/opportunity has arisen.
So Timmy, join CX - or if you are already in CX - keep flexible and for gods sake don't assume any period of time to command or expect any base and then you won't be disappointed. Also don't read the CX annual report where you see the executive giving themselves big payrises and bonuses of up to 80% of salary as then you will realise how little we are worth to them!