The airline industry today is like training to be a passenger train engineer in like 1965. Do you want to be a pilot for the love and joy of flying? Then jump right in, corporate LOVES you people. You will work for nothing and praise the company at every turn, maybe even ratting out your co-worker's union activity. Airline Pilot, It's not just a job, it's the joy of over-nighting in Oakland, over and over and over again. The BEST pilots aren't in the left seat of a 777, they have just been with the company the longest.