Originally Posted by
PT6LOL
Sure that's your point of view. There are some who has been there and done it already then you choose what's the best fit for your life . Corporate is probably economically the safest place if something happens. Airline pilots historically suffer first . Money? Well someone who is loaded with bills better work for Wall Street then a pilot .. and btw if you really want money then fly hard to get job ,, fire fighting ,, 6 months off 6 on .. VFR only, low level flying , great risk but 350k ( top pay ) . For some 135k PC12 job is just perfect
Tell that to the 3 corporate flight departments in 6 months I saw get shuttered when I was based at LAS, while the regionals were all hiring at ATP mins. The first thing to go for any company is the jet. You need to be in some serious old money or huge corporation to get stability. The 91k people can usually survive because of the contracts but even then it's not a guarantee.
The rest of your points I already admitted in the original post. Sure, if you're there for awhile, get comfortable with your schedule and vacation it can be hard to leave. But we've had dozens of 7+ year people move on this year. If you want to be valuable in corporate aviation you need to get your multi ATP and some jet time. No one is going to want a 5,000 hour PC-12 pilot to fly their challenger if the economy gets shaky again.