I fly for a BIG state with several aviation units, and it's a dream job for me. We operate Kingairs and 95% of our trips are daytrips. Typical stage length is around 1 hour with 3 or 4 legs a day. Pax are great, people who work for a living, not a rich guy going to play golf. We fly mid- to high- level pax, typically HR, lawyers, engineers, environmental, law enforcement, etc...Pay is decent, bennies are superb, aircraft are great (new and well maintained). I did ten years of 135 flying before this, and I'll never go back willingly. I may not go to glamorous and exciting places, and I may not get to run up the bar tab on the bosses dime anymore, but I'm home with my babies almost every night and weekend, and that is worth more than anything to me.