My company has had a flight department for over 40 years and most of the guys I fly with have been here 20-35 years. They are growing in a down market and rely heavily on their airplanes. I'm sure they want to shut down the flight department so they can retract and not grow their business.

I'm sure a property manager has never lost their job. Along with everything right now there are no guarantees in any field, but some are more secure and stable than others. And believe it or not there are some flying jobs that are secure and stable.

You ask if I will be happy in ten years, why wouldn't I? Ten years from now I will probably be making more money because I am a valued employee that gets a raise on a yearly basis because they want us to stick around.

You say other careers build value and security over time, so does the one I have. And I guess I can't and don't build skills and knowledge on a daily basis that are valuable in the future. I don't want to be on the same schedule as the rest of society because that would mean I would have to go to work everyday and work long hours. Everyone I know wishes that they could have my schedule with my amount of time off. According to you I am then not able to cultivate meaningful relationships and activities that provide me with a good life because I have too much time on my hands?

My wife works from home and we have our first child on the way. We will be able to raise that child together on a daily basis because of our work schedules. Not many people are that lucky, probably not even yourself. I should quite my job tomorrow so that I can finally find a stable, good paying, 8-5 job so I can be away from home more, and be more stressed out by working a job I don't like so that I can associate more with society, right? Yeah, I will get right on that!