1) this is an internet forum, don't take comments personally. I just asked you a simple question if you had done your research, which clearly you have not. Here are some facts about the industry:

2) NO ONE and I mean no one, especially silver platter pilots, looks to change jobs to non-sched, ad-hoc freight airlines to improve QOL. You were looking to improve QOL.

3) In most instances, it is not practical/economical to commute to an ad hoc freight job, and usually just lowers QOL even more. You were looking to improve QOL.

4) In most instances, pilots leave scheduled ops for non-sked ops only when they are desperate. You said you were not.

5) If you are looking for the "I just show up and fly the airplane, everything is done for me and handed to me on a silver platter, can you fetch me my newspaper and coffee" job, ad hoc freight is not the place to look.

6) Your MD-11 PIC type rating is most impressive. You would probably not be happy with the downgrade to DC-9.

On the plus side, living in YIP, you might be home more often AND as a bonus you wouldn't have to live in north havana (MIA).

7) Loading/unloading is part of the job. You do get compensated; you fly the trip, load/unload the freight, and at the end of the week you get a paycheck. Bazinga. Compensation.

8) Doing your job and doing it correctly is also job security. In this economy, job security is high on the list in my book.

If one had a $150,000/yr job flying for a flight department, and your boss said "Hey look, Billy-Bob the line guy went home with the flu, can you re-stock the Popov in the Piaggio, the Chivas in the Citation, and the Grey Goose in the Gulfstream?" One might think, Hmmm, this isn't the best flying gig out there, nor the worst, but it's better than pumping gas at the Stop N' Rob, so....

I know I would do it quickly and with a smile. I know it's not my job to be the ground beverage coordinator (or IBC in flight), but if an extra 10 minutes of effort keeps my job secure and let's me go home to see my kids, and keeps them out of a crappy elementary school in one of the armpit cities in the United States, guess what Chuck I'm doing it. The same concept applies to loading freight.

Until the supply/demand curve for pilot jobs/pilots shifts (which by the way, will be never) so that there are hundreds of [insert great company here] jobs and only limited pilots available for hire, freight guys are gonna go the extra mile.