Originally Posted by
JabroniJohn
As rickair7777 said, there is no other job I know of that's quite like being an airline pilot. You work a fixed schedule and have a pretty solid work environment. When you're off, you're truly off. No phone calls or emails once you walk away from the plane. No daily workplace battles that stress you out that you take home with you on the weekends, no having to playing politics, no yearly performance reviews, etc.
I want to be a happy person. I was miserable in my old career.
Your "fixed schedule" changes every month. Very senior in a seat, be it CA or FO/FB, can often fly the same trip, and/or work on the same days, on the w/b jets. But it takes a LONG time to reach that stability. Obviously you reach it quicker as FO but it still takes a long time, like 20 years.
Most trips run as planned, sometimes with delays, but you normally return to your base around the scheduled arrival time with occasional delays.