If you don't think flying is the best profession in the world then maybe you're in the wrong profession. I sometimes hear from friends that flying has become just a job to them. The enthusiasm is gone, they're just flying for the paycheck. I can understand that feeling because of the way the pilots profession has seemed to nose dive a couple hundred feet in the past decade or so considering bankruptcies, furloughs, paycuts,mergers, mis-management, longer work schedules and add the fact that the public use airlines like they used to use a Greyhound bus ( no offense intended )one can see how a pilot may look at things with jaded glasses. While I'm not a union guy, I have grown up in a union strong city and saw what an effective union can do. I don't believe today's aviation unions are that effective. Maybe the airline guys can take a chapter out of the corporate/charter pilots book. We have never had job security and know what our payscale is when we sign a contract or agree to work for a company. Life is too short to be bitter, always have a " B " and a "C " plan and know when to implement them. It isn't easy uprooting a family but sometimes it is a necessity when considering quality of life and your job.