Flying can be fun. The airline life not so much.

If you have a loving family waiting for you at home then three nights away is torture, one week is hell and a month at at time leaves you returning home to strangers.

I always thought that most airline careers asked way too much for what they gave in return. If they are going to ask so much then pilots should be making a fortune. The problem is that we all get into this crazy profession back when we are young, idealistic and stupid. When we are 19 hotels and extended travel sounds like fun. We also think that $20,000 a year is a fortune when compared to our paper route job.

By the time most of us figure it out it is way too late.

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