When I saw the title of this thread I came here to tell you to stay the hell out and get your seniority number but I've had a crappy day, I'm about to deploy, and I love *****ing about the Air Force. Now that that's out of the way, I'll echo what everyone else has said. I never thought of flying as work until I flew for the airlines. It may be flying for a living, but there is a whole world flying experiences/awesome TDYs out there waiting to be had. My top personal "I can't believe I'm getting to do this" moments as a heavy reservist: 300 AGL through the Carpathian Mountains, 9 ship over the Alps to the largest personnel drop in Europe since D-Day. In between flights you'll drink their wine and meet their women. UPT was the best worst year of my life and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I managed to turn some weird USAFA grads into friends and got paid to take some of the best flight training in the world. The queep blows, would do again 0/10. Hope that helps.