Subbin isnt all that bad. I just kind of pretend like I am Jon Lovitz in High School High. What does sincerely and incredibly bother me is when first and second year teachers complain endlessly about how bad their job is. It makes me sick to hear a 22 year old complaining about making only $33,000 a year starting out of college. They "joke" about food stamps and welfare all all that. Thats when I start using phrases like "real job" and they get angry until I explain that I was an instructor for 3 years out of college not making a dime working seven days a week. Then I tell them how much I make(made) as an airline pilot and what I had to do to get there(and I realize getting hired with just over 1000tt, I've had it MUCH MUCH MUCH easier making it to a regional that most) working nights, weekends, SUMMERS. Then we discuss how much flight training costs in addition to college and things like sitting reserve and crashpads and time away from home and checkrides and furloughs. I know these forums are full of pilots complaining about their jobs but I got to say that teachers have pilots beat any day of the week on the amount of complaining done.