Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I think it is funny how pilots - obviously a traditional traveling job - often complain about the travel aspects of the job. It is like a heart surgeon complaining about blood. Sure there are pilot job that require very little traveling. They are the MINORITY. If you want to be a pilot - and especially an airline pilot - then you ought to know going into the job that you are going to be traveling. If you want to spend every night in home in your own bed - look elsewhere and fly for fun!
I think you make a good point. Staying in hotels has always been kind of a fun adventure for me since my family couldn't afford them when I was growing up. On the flip-side however, is the way schedules have changed and worsened. For those of us who have been in the business long enough, expecting 15+ days off a month was the standard for making up for time away from home. Unfortunately having say 12 off or less wears on a person over the years. You start to see the benefits normal people have with weekends and holidays off, compounded by the realization that you don't have many more days off than them - it's a tough reality.