wow cruise, that was an excellent post. i am new to this industry and the people i have talked to say exactly what you said. Some people on this forum like to sell pilots as some special job that needs high pay but when you get down to it, it is a job that only a few percent of the population can enjoy. It is not the pay or the glamour that brings us die hard young pilots to the job, but the joy of flying and the fact that we will enjoy this job more then any job we could choose.