I'm not being bitchy in this message.
Choosing a career which takes you away from your home, family and friends and makes you both knackered and not able to plan our life is something you have to take into consideration when applying for it.
Yuo won't get any sympathy whatsoever if you are using those arguments because people will simply say you are in the wrong job and you should find employment elsewhere, which is partly true. If it bothers you that much you should perhaps think of getting another job that takes you home every day and makes your life easier.
Again, not being bitchy and please don't take offense.
My job also takes my away from my home and family. We accept this, its something I expected and explained to one and all from day one. Swings and roundabouts comes to mind. I see some great and not so great places but I've the best office in the World and I want to keep the view. BASSA are not helping anyone with their rhetoric and stance. This attitude of 'we'll bring everyone else down with us' is alarming to so many staff who need a job to survive. Everyone can read the headlines, the aviation business has been in crisis for a couple of years but BASSA seem oblivious to it all.