Originally Posted by Uncle Bose

You're living in a fantasy world. There are a lot more hours on the job than those spent flying the plane, not to mention missed birthdays, holidays, several nights in a row spent away, etc...



In that case, you must be making a lot less than $30K now. I'll concede that's not much to walk away from for the sake of an airline career.



Those are the wrong questions. What makes you a good family man is providing for your family, being around regularly, and not risking their future on an unstable career path. Whether or not you love you job has nothing to do with it. It's also naive to think you couldn't possibly find job satisfaction anywhere else.



Yes, that's right. You can't have everything in life. Every choice you make involves sacrificing others. Once you've made the choice to start a family, you give up the choice to become a pilot. It's different if you're established in the career with some seniority and earning power and THEN choose to start a family.



No you won't. With a family to feed, idealism goes out the window. You'll be punching your card for a paycheck just like everyone else.