The trouble with pilots, no the trouble with crews, let's not forget our hardworking colleagues in the back, who get far less reward than ourselves - the trouble with crews is that we have a conscience, we actually want to get our passengers, who have paid their hard earned money, to provide US with our hard earned salary, to where they want to go to - on time.
To do this, we work totally anti-social hours, because people need to leave early in the morning to have a full day where they want to be.
To do this, we put up with strains and stresses that in other industies would call for psycho councelling.
To do this, we put up with rushed food, even at EZY - still; poor HOTAC, travelling at all hours, for all hours,in taxies, whose drivers seem to have the death wish.
To do this, we launch ourselves into the air and at the ground, in weather conditions that any normal person would think twice about risking themselves on the roads or trains.
To do this, we work up to 14 hours a day, and our Italian friends ( and I'm sure, many around the world) many more, through the middle of the night, changing our Circadian rhythm at the apparent whim of a crewing department, whose only reason for giving us our changes seems to be to cause maximum disruption to what remains of our social lives.
To do this, we risk totally alienating our better halves, who really did want to go Tesco shopping the following morning, when we were supposed to be on standby, and have now been called out to do a 3 day trip.
The result of this is that crew members seem to have the highest divorce rate amongst all the professions, and seem to live the least to enjoy our hard earned pension.
Why do we do this? BECAUSE WE LOVE IT!!!!!!!