Saddest Aviator
Keep us posted as to what new career you choose, but I'll bet a pound to a penny that you do not quit.The reason? We all chose this career because we love flying. We still love flying but the bull **** really has taken its toll on us. Try and put all the crap into one compartment of your brain and then the other parts of your brain will love flying again. One trick is to never complain and never moan, not even to your colleagues, that really upsets the bull ****ters. Just do your job in the most competent and professional manner you can; smile at the security staff and secretly be grateful you do not have to do their job.Offer to do a day a month in the ops office to see the other side of the coin, I promise you that will be a revelation!! When you get a 20 year old space cadet next to you, teach him some old tricks. I remember when I was 20 and sat next to the guys who had flown to Berlin. I wsh I had respected them more rather than keeping to my own agenda.
Good Luck.