I was a USMC fighter pilot and just retired after 29 years from a big 3 company as a Little bus captain. I quit because the job now sucks. You have to get doctors note when you are sick, ask permission to pee, work 13 to 14 hour days. You sit around crappy airports all day then go to Fargo for a layover. When I first started we had a ball. Now after 29 years I was halfway up the airbus list flying crap .
The pay for what we have to do is really low, but management pays themselves a lot. You are basically a cost to the company. They would fly drones if they could get away with it. There is a reason there is a pilot shortage. It's because it sucks. Get out while you are young while you can . Btw you get 2 bucks an hour per diem. Might get you a. Burger in JFK