I stand corrected on
handflown...apologies...
Apart from your pilot shortage, it doesn't stand up, in the UK at least! My airline is proof of that alone...
Your posting was just a little too 'sickly' for my liking, although in a Wannabe Forum I suppose it's fitting and what the average Wannabe may focus on - I don't work with anyone who doesn't love this job and I agree with
G_SXTY, it is a way of life that I wouldn't change - but it is a job and I don't live to work.
Maybe my Cynicism is proof I should stay out of Wannabe Forums!
