Originally Posted by
Macjet
Actually newbie, he's spot on. You're still wet behind the ears so don't start mouthing off just yet. Some of us have been at this for longer than you've been alive. We've lost friends, watched companies fold, been promised airplanes that are coming, read accident reports of tail numbers that we've flown, etc. Once you have a few dependents, obligations, and responsibilities you'll see past the shiny new avionics and see this for what it is; a job. Stability, schedule, pay, and benefits trump all else and once you've quit logging every .2 of flight time maybe you'll see that.
If you feel like he was spot on with his response, sounds like you might need a new line of work, too. Of course it's a job. I've had manual labor jobs, customer service jobs, and corporate jobs prior to making it in aviation after a 10 year hiatus completing my ratings due to the recession and family obligations. In every industry there are the bitter ones, the ones that have made peace with doing whatever job they're in, the ones that never knew any other line of work, and the ones that were fortunate enough to find what they love and lucky enough to do it for a living. 121 might be better, 135/91 might be better. But pay, QOL, and the 'suck factor' of tasks, outside the cockpit, that come with each type of flying are entirely subjective to every individual.
I've spoken to many 91/135 pilots that would never even consider leaving they're job for 121 and I've probably spoken to just as many 121 pilots that feel the exact opposite. Everyone of their situations were different and the motivators that drove them to their type of flying were different.
Besides that, how was it helpful since it pertained to absolutely nothing about my original question?