Because I am tired of the 14 hour days, tough commutes, lowering of all standards, never being at home, mediocre paycheck, constant fatigue.

Days off are not relaxing days off. They are simply recovery for the next round of abuse on the east coast. Additionally, I have essentially no network of buddies to help me along to the next step. I see colleagues of mine getting jobs at UAL, CAL, Delta, etc based on who they know from college or military or whatever. Because my background in flying was not in the US I do not have that. Still waiting on a call from a major even though my resume is pretty solid.

I simply don't want to wait forever. There is more to life than getting abused by dispatch because I want to get routed around thunderstorms to ATL and finishing up my days at 2 AM.