Being an airline pilot doesn't at all compare to the 10 years I spent working full time at a blue collar/manual labor job through high school/college to pay for training, college, living, etc as far as the term "work" goes. But at the end of the day, being an airline pilot is STILL a J-O-B job.

But the stagnation of the last 10+ years has FOR SURE changed what was historically a "short" stint at a regional before moving on to the "brass ring" and "be in the show".

I know, I know, there's a "pilot shortage coming!!!!!'

Funny, when I got my first job in 2000, there was one also. Ehhhh, not so much a year later. Then end of 2006 into 2007, "there's a pilot shortage coming!!!!!". Then at the then of 2007 into 2008, ehhhhh, not so much, just barely missed that one trying to stuff the "magical 1000TPIC" in the logbook.

Like I said, it's NOT work, but continuous 12-15 hour days with 10 hr "rest periods" and going up and down multiple times in a day combined with long sits and lots of bag drag feels like as I stated above, a J-O-B. Even when coming home from EVERY trip and religiously updating my airlineapps.com, fedex.pilotcredentials.com, swa.pilotcredentials.com, etc etc etc.

Don't get me wrong, I DON'T hate this job. But at the end of the day, the job AND the journey for the "brass ring/being in the show" IS work.

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