Sky,

If that's true, then they are probably better off remaining in aviation. Should they leave for another profession, (a decision which gradually becomes irrevokable), are they not likely to end up bitterly surveying their many possessions and spoiled children, while gazing wistfully at the sky?
It's not enough to know the relative pay and working conditions; one must, as the ancient Greeks said, "know thyself". In Barrie's story, both Wendy and Peter Pan made the right decision.