Originally Posted by CW McCall

First couple of years can be bad depending on what phase of life you are in. First couple of decades can be bad depending on the life cycle of the airline (s) you hire on with. Its all luck. Even though I was worked to death the first couple of years and made nothing... learning a new airplane and flying to new places and working with new people made things bearable. Now that I have a family and am more settled i'm not sure I could do it over again. I have been at SKYW for 8 years and chosen to stay in the right seat, live in base, and have a good quality of life (20 days off for feb), money sucks though.