Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Feeling sorry for pilots or flight attendants making their money by flying is a bit like feeling sorry for Lucky making his money by flying. Pilots, FAs and miles/points/travel bloggers don't generally fall into the category of being indentured servants or otherwise forced to work by their employers/clients. Working for money is part of ordinary life, no matter how or how much the job keeps you or takes you from home and whether or not the person is single, coupled or otherwise has a family.
I think there's a distinction between "feeling sorry" for people who work and acknowledging the difference between working for a living and flying because you love the air.
To suggest that Ben is in the same financial situation as your average flight attendant (or, likely, any flight attendant), is....a choice.
If your point is simply that, in comparing conditions of various workplaces, flight attendants and pilots don't have it the absolute worst, I'd agree (on average). But that's irrelevant to the point that they do not labor "for the sake of flying.". To suggest that all jobs have the same impact on one's long-term happiness is a strange choice.