"Sometimes the living human remains in a pilots uniform are much more gruesome than the supposed failures as evidenced by a few who post here. I'll bet that there is a trail of ex-wives, forgotten children and financial ruin in more than ones background and future"
Sometimes. In my case I put the career above wives and children. Financial ruin...hardly. I'd love to have kids but I don't seem to have any problem spending time with needy, neglected, other peoples kids, through volunteering at the Y....works for me.
I've made choices and sacrificed in some area's to be where I am. So have you. I most certainly don't come here and ***** about what could have/should have been. Maybe you shouldn't either....