Probably is true, looking at the US BLS numbers for airline pilots here. As long as you stay on message and stick to facts, I do not think anybody really disagrees with you Sky. DE and quite a few others (Rick etc.) have supported the basic core statements you always make about the airline pilot career, however begrudgingly they may have done so. But you also have a tendency to stray away from facts every now and then, and that's when things get hairy because people get confused about your motives. I can't say that I blame them.

I just won a good engineering job, and it looks like I am heading back to the office. I spent a year flying around the country making nothing this year, but I had a good time and it was worth it. I find that I am one among many tens of thousands in the pilot ranks, yet one among a much smaller number in the engineering community. So, if I want to make the best of things I need to do what I am the most competitive in. But who knows, ten years from now I may find myself back in the cockpit of a commuter plane making half as much shuttling people to Europe or the Bahamas. I am at peace with both lifestyles, and each has its strong points and its weak points.