letsfly,
No matter what you hear on this board about who has a crappy airline schedule, flying at ANY airline job is going to be about 10 times easier on you and your body and your family than it was on the C-17 active duty. My last 4.5 years AD were at CHS, and I know the pain. No 26-hour crew duty days waived to 31-hours followed by 17 hours (if you're lucky) off then another. I wish I had left AD sooner--the AD C-17 is what made me look 10-15 years older than what I really am. Your going to like it on the other side no matter how much you get paid, how much you work at night, and how many turns you do in a day.
Originally Posted by
b2pilot186
Probably because like any job, if you get proper rest it's not a factor. You're also not getting blasted by doing the multiple turns that the guys at Southwest do. When I interviewed at Southwest, all the friends I had working there looked about 10-15 years older than they should've...simply ragged/worn out appearance. No thanks to that kind of lifesyle.
B2P