"In that capacity I am not here to be a sad sack and ruining everyone's state of denial...."

Oh Please. When will you learn you have no right claim that everyone sees the career from your shoes.

Not everyone needed to have five kids and live in a small central Washington town with the strong desire to be home every night. You have mentioned on this site before that you'd not consider Southwest airlines as a worthy job because they didn't have a base in the Northwest. Sky, you put so many roadblocks in your path to being a happy pilot you were doomed to fail.

I'm glad you post, though. It gives people an idea about how not to pursue the career....