Originally Posted by NEDude

You completely missed the point here bud. There is a very big difference between being in the aircraft having your own life on the line, and sitting in a bunker, or comfortable office, and knowing no matter how bad you may screw up, you still get to go home, have dinner and tuck your kids into bed, and kiss you spouse goodnight. I never inferred the job was unimportant, or even easy. But it is vastly different, with vastly different personal consequences.