Take off the blinkers
Pitch,
"Enjoy your compromised careers & lives."
Personally, I would not call flying wide-body longhaul a/c around the world a compromised career or life. My wife has a great job,(She works because she wants to, NOT because she HAS to) and my kids go to a really good international school which the company pays for. (Not some half baked government school with compromised standards.)
"Just couldn't get selected 'ey. Shame, it breaks my heart."
Actually I was selected,( I could show you the letter if you want), but fortunately found gainfull employment elsewhere, before being indoctrinated by the likes of you.
"missed out on the real thing before joining the airline,"???
I missed nothing and I did join "THE AIRLINE". It just was not SAA
In closing Pitch, I hope some of your more level-headed collegues, of which many are very good friends of mine, take you aside and politely ask you to stop giving them all bad name. (They really are not as arrogant and ignorant as you.)
Stick your head back in the sand