Thank you all for your $0.02. The "bad career, good job" quote pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Out of curiosity, if any of you could do it over again, and trade careers (back when you first began your respective careers in aviation), for a 6 figure desk job....would you do it? Suppose the desk job was 9-5 with little or no business travel, i.e. so you could be home every night by 6.