BA038 I'm sorry but this topic and this forum really started me to think. Yes I love aviation and I love to fly. But flying big shiny jets is not the reality. That's the problem with us wannabe's, we don't know a thing about how it is in real life, only what the flight schools and forums like pprune tell us.
I don't get depressed by this topic. I'm happy there are topics like this to get the wannabe out of his dream and face the reality.
I myself am really considering an other career and keep flying as a hobby. Why? Because I'll probably get bored with my job (like any job! yes pilot too imo) and flying remains something fun and special to do in the weekends or in my spare time.