Con pilot, great opportunity you had! I have been told there are only 100 airship pilots in the whole world...
Yup, I had a few 'what if' moments after turning them down, especially after I got divorced from the wife that talked me out of going to work for Goodyear, because I would be gone away for such long periods of times during the year.
But then again, don't think I could have flown around the world in a airship as I did in corporate aircraft.
But what the hell, I did get to ride in it a couple of times and actually got to drive it around in the air once. I say 'drive' because it was more like driving something than flying something.