I'm happy where I'm at, it all depends on your perspective.
Currently I'm at a regional trying to support a family on year one pay again after my previous regional went bankrupt.
Before getting into aviation, I was a New York City Police Officer for 5 years. As a police officer I have, been punched, kicked, spit on, sued, broke my hand, been in shootings, spent Fourth of July guarding a prisoner in the pysch ward, Christmas with a DOA waiting for the medical examiner to show, froze my butt standing on a foot post in Janurary, had to get tested several times for AIDS, and had days off denied missing family events.
I witnessed the worst of people on a daily basis, watched politics force good people to lose, my friend's throat was slashed, another was stabbed in the eye with a kitchen knife and have been to too many funerals for officers killed in the line of duty.
I had some good times too as a police officer, but more often then not, coming home at the end of my shift I was both physically and emotionally tired.
Yes being a pilot is hard at times, being away from family, pay issues, and commuting all stinks but I won't trade it for anything else.