Originally Posted by CA1900

After too many years at a fractional, I feel the same way. I liked the cockpit of the last plane I flew, but I don't miss the job one bit. I quickly got tired of the erratic circadian rhythms, the constant fatigue, the airplane cleaning/stocking, chasing down ground transportation, the endless expense reports, and so on. I spent far more time outside the cockpit doing the ancillary work than I did flying it.