I strongly doubt the nay sayers ever worked in an office job before... 5 day work weeks plain suck. The negative people fail to count the time for commuting / overtime / whatever as well when making numbers up for a 9 to 5er... I don't see how you say that you only get 30 hours off per week either... Here is the schedule of a regional FO I know thats only been working at the airline for less than 1 year...

Oct 1st...OFF

Oct 2nd
Dep..........Arr
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 3rd
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0950...SBP 1054...Could be my last flight to San Luis Obispo for the Month
SBP 1121...LAX 1230
LAX 1325...SAN 1427...Could be my last flight to San Diego for the Month
SAN 1455...LAX 1545

Oct 4th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 5th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 6th...OFF
Oct 7th...OFF
Oct 8th...OFF
Oct 9th...OFF

Oct 10th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 11th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 12th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 13th...OFF
Oct 14th...OFF
Oct 15th...OFF

Oct 16th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 17th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 18th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 19th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 20th...OFF
Oct 21st...OFF
Oct 22nd...OFF
Oct 23rd...OFF

Oct 24th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 25th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 26th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 27th...OFF
Oct 28th...OFF
Oct 29th...OFF

Oct 30th
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645

Oct 31st
Dep..........Arr
LAX 0800...SBA 0846
SBA 0917...LAX 1010
LAX 1130...SBA 1219
SBA 1252...LAX 1345
LAX 1425...SBA 1512
SBA 1554...LAX 1645


15 days off, and home every single night of the week. some WORKdays he can even sleep in! I'm up at 6:30 every damn morning, and always tired. Only get to sleep in 2 days per week, and never can sleep past 7:30am anyway because of being used to forcing myself out of bed EVERY weekday.

I still don't see any validity in your arguments either... no offense, but I'm just trying state my case here...

I honestly think (like the other guy said) that the people that whine never worked in a real job (aside from aviation) before...