Pros and Cons of becoming a Commercial Pilot?

I'm considering becoming a commercial pilot for either american airlines, or southwest airlines. Can someone tell me all the pros and cons of this job? I don't mind the cost of flight school because my parents will be paying for this and they are very wealthy, and i got a college scholarship so they would agree to pay this. I'm gonna get a job still for which i will pay half of the tuition for flight school. Anyways can someone tell me the pros and cons of a commercial pilot?

This is a pretty nice vlog that goes over some of those q's:

You wrote "I'm considering becoming a commercial pilot for either american airlines, or southwest airlines"

It doesn't work like that. After you get a college degree and the required training, you get one or more "time-building" jobs and spend a good 5 to 10 years in the trenches before you'll have competitive qualifications to work for a major airline. And, you don't get to choose who you work for, they choose you.

The fact is, you'll have to apply to ALL airlines to have a chance of being hired for one of them. For a civilian trained pilot, your chances are about 60% that will ever happen, and you'd be wise to accept a job from whomever offers one to you. The chance that you'll end up working for one of those two carriers is about 1 out of 7, Slightly less than the roll of a die.

You wrote: " i'm gonna get a job still for which i will pay half of the tuition for flight school"

Good for you. There aren't many kids who have the ability to personally save about $50,000 before age 23.

So, you want to know the pros and cons, do you? Watch this:

Ahh… Yeah! Why don't you come back in about 20 years when you are actually qualified to be hired by a major airline.

Pros: There's a shortage of pilots and techs--need 5 techs per pilot.
I know persionally a few guys who work for SW in Tucson, its a good airline.

Cons: Its still hard, Can cost $80K. And, when you earn commercial license, which you have to do on your own, you still have to have some experience--do airlift, cargo, or agricultural. And you still need a Bachelor's, for some ungodly reason. Then after 2 years of this experience, some airline may hire you.

Also, you probably won't get AA or SW right off the bat. You will have to move to a hub and saturate airlines with resumes. When one hires you, after 5 more years, you probably will get hired by AA or Sw.

You should approach it this way… Instead of your parents paying for it, and then you still having to get experience, JOIN THE AIR FORCE, GET YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT WAY, AND GET PAID FOR IT… Do it on your own and youll be lots more proud of yourself.