Don't believe the whiners, Shon. Like Boeingboy, I've got about 17,000 hours and 35 years in the business. Yes, management can make life miserable, and so can the regulators (OK CAA, I know you've got a job to do), and a series of bad stops-overs in bad (ish) hotels can get you down. But: the gear comes up, you're your own boss, the views are fantastic and, unlike a lot of jobs, the in-tray is empty by the end of the day. Aviations a pain in the a**e, but I wouldn't do any other job.