Originally Posted by Bzzt

That had less to do with a negative outlook and more to do with unfortunate financial circumstance. My wife was out of work at the time and we quite simply couldn't afford the pay cut + a month without pay + lodging during training. I wanted to go to CPZ and I really liked the people I met during my interview. Unfortunately I just couldn't make it work.

Like I've said before I use this forum to vent frustration. I come off worse than I do in life. An interesting note is that your career arc is what sells most of us on this career. Unfortunately you seem to be more of an outlier than the norm. Every year I get a bit older and the payoff of continuing to chase the mainline job gets a bit less. I'm approaching the "**** or get off the pot" moment, I'd like this career to work out but it seems increasingly unlikely. I'm not the only one who feels this way, so I try to provide the dark side perspective to guys asking questions.

I won't deny that when the door is shut the career is nice. Unfortunately there is also stagnation, regional schedules, low pay , and commuting that really suck the life out of me.