But to some extent it is the hard truth.
Sorry to be depressing.
It's very much the hard truth.
I was 11 years with an airline, and at first it was great, but by the end, I realised that the crews were regarded as no different to avtur.....to be bought at the cheapest possible price, and burned up.
Be suspicious of anyone on here who advises you to pursue an airline career (Check their previous posts.). They probably either work for CTC/Oxford. or are dreamers themselves. I don't know of any experienced airline pilots who would advise their kids to follow the same career.