Time will tell if it was the right decision. I do miss the cockpit, but don't miss ANYTHING else about the job. I sat in the cockpit for maybe 20 hours out of the 84 hours or so time away from base on any given 4 day trip. This doesn't consider additional time spent commuting or sleeping in the crashpad. So, that means I miss approximately 23% of the job and I gladly doffed the remaining 77% of it.
Amen to that. I actually realized i was home 1-1.5 days of the week. Even with 11 days off a month. Yeah, people will say "its your fault for commuting" and I would agree it was mine and many other folks choice. But the reality is it says alot about how much the pilot group has lost in terms of QOL, sacrifice(crashpad, eating, sleeping, being home) vs. benefit(flying) in the whole scheme of things.