For Skyhigh, being an airline pilot wasn't in the cards. His personal demands of the career were not met and he got out. Don't necessarily put yourself in his shoes, though. They are his shoes, not yours.

Everyone has their own expectations out of the career. For some, 100K and working 15 days a month is worth it. For others, it's not worth the time away from home and other sacrifices. Knowing what I know now, I'd do it again, even if I never heard of UPS.

The reason APC is here is to educate you to both sides of the story. As long as you go in knowing what you're getting into, you'll be fine. My problem is with the big academies that sell the career to kids who never saw APC or JC and are getting in for the wrong reasons and with the wrong expectations.

The age 65 thing will come and go. The guys working their way up the ladder will be held back a bit, but some of them will hit 60 and still have five years to go at the highest income level. I think some of them will look back in 30 years and think...hummmm....did I really complain about that back then?

I still think it ain't a bad gig for someone who wants to be a pilot when he grows up. But to each his own...