Why ignore SkyHigh? He paints entertaining and slightly embellished pictures to make a point, but he is telling it like it is and as long as you take what he says as the product of someone who didn't quite get the red carpet treatment it generally applies. One of the guys at my skydive outfit painted the same picture of one such position he was smart enough to resign. He was treated with minimal respect, perpetually on-call, flew minimally, was forced to wax and sweep, paid squat and received no benefits. It was the exact same picture. This poor fellow currently uses his CFI to work as a forklift driver.