My reward for putting up with their idiocies was the knowledge that I was soon to punch out of the top of the clouds into the sun and revel in that moment that reminded me why I had taken up aviation in the first place.
Simple pleasure, from ashort lived MX/REP or Flight MECH. There is no finer reward as you spoke other than a sunrise shortly before top of decent after a 9 hour flight, there is no better fresh start, vista to put life in perspective. Thank you.