"I bet if we got 10 senior captains at a major airline to all come on and give us there perspective it would be interesting, but I would guess that majority would tell us to do something different."

Well, that maybe. The longer you're in the biz, the more you think "the grass is greener" doing something else and you complain about having to go to work at all. I think that's human nature. In the end, you still have to convince me to bash a career where you can make 100K working half the month. It's not for everyone, but I think it's a pretty worthy way to make a living, especially if you like operating large machinery.