If you love flying then there really is no decision to make, cept for all the cut backs your are going to have to make once you are out in the poorly paid world known as GA. It definately is worth it, I have yet to see anyother job with a good as view as ours
But Listen to Sqwark, hes got some good tips there. Oh & as everyone else says, don''t work for free.
Good Luck, if you do decide to change jobs