I can now say I actually miss flying for a living and if you ask me where I want to spend the next 30 years, well down route in a hotel is prefereable to 9-5 in the Office.
A very good point.
I have personally noted that most of the berators of this profession usually have no experience of the horrors of what working life is like for most people. I used to work in an office and hated it. I've been flying professionally for nearly 5 years and haven't had a
single day where I haven't thought "I'm the luckiest guy alive". There are huge T&C issues at work, but I know the grass is greener at only a very select few employers, and even then, probably not for very much longer.
The dream of living in your home town, with your employer of choice, on your fleet of choice, earning a fantastic salary with perks, all training paid for you by your employer, getting home in time to tuck the kids in every night and early prospects of command will happen for no one.