Fixed wing
I left flying fixed wing about 5 years ago with 4500hrs on B737. I left because of all the sacrifices my family were making for me and in my wife's words- 'to have no life to do a job a trained monkey can do and be miserable doing it'. I often dream of going back to flying jets but the reality is that it sounds great but I would loose everything I have built up, probably end up alone in some crap hole and have nothing but the badge saying I'm a pilot to show for it. Of course the flying itch will always be there but I'm looking at doing some scenic flights from the local club to scratch that itch and deep down I'm not convinced that trying to restart flying as a career is a good choice even though I'm still only 40 and could provide years of service.