G,
Thank you for posting a balanced opinion. I really enjoyed reading that.
I dont know if I will go commercial but one thing is certain having ready this thread start to finish and that is i'm glad im doing the modular route and I'm looking forward to just following my nose.
I still think most of the major issues pilots bring up can be found in many other jobs, such as mine.
- Early starts: Check
- Airport security: i rack up around 75,000 air miles a year so, Check
- time away from home: I only spend 15 weeks at home per year, Check
- Working with difficult people: Check
- Working under stress: Check
- mass job losses: over 300 form my company last year so, Check
- missing family events, so far, in the past 6 months ive missed, fiances birthday, xmas, new year, two funerals of close relatives, and most annoying, curry night this saturday
etc.