Hmmm, At 28 I earn more than any of my non-flying mates, I go to work less often and I look forward to my working day at least half the time - my contempories mostly live for the weekend.
By getting into aviation I have met hundreds of really great people and seen some pretty impressive sights in just a couple of years. Not something many of my friends claim and they have good graduate jobs by any other standard.
Nothing is ever as good as it once was and sure - the golden period of professional aviating dissapeared a long time ago. But the same is true in virtually every profession I can think of. I suspect we are towards the bottom of the cycle at the moment where pilots are in a poor bargaining position.
In 5 years time I think the position will be very different and thus we can look forward to a betterment in pilot terms & conditions.
Here's hoping.
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