My question is, did flying in Naval Aviation kill your love for aviation as a whole? It seems like a lot of pilots get flat burned out on flying, and have no desire to do it anymore once they get out.
No, not at all.
I was one of those individuals who got burnt out from flying and squadron life. I had Been working an average of 1-2 weekends a month for about 6 years between my fleet tour and my instructor tour, and for the the last tour averaged about 50hrs a month in 1.5 hour increments of students trying to kill me.
It took me about a year before I started to miss flying, and there were plenty of weekends and holidays worked for less rewarding circumstances than having to fly... my last year on Active Duty I received interest from a few companies etc. as a result of my aviation background in the Navy. Not convinced I wanted to return to a grueling work schedule without the life balance I got a taste of on my first real "shore tour" where the work load was lite and time off plentifully on a staff with a lot of civilian employees, I applied to non flying jobs that interested me but my career broadening (in the Navy's eyes) non flying tour(s) did nothing to increase my marketability in the private/ government sector.
I had considered going back to school for a JD/PHD, but I wasn't intersted enough to go back to school, again, for the second time and postpone earning income for the next 4-5 years (since my Navy exit didn't line up with starting a program right away).
In at least one instance, my being a pilot ended up counting against me for a job opportunity because the JMO type corporate management program I was looking at had their resident pilot bail about 18months into for a flying job... and they were pretty sore over the whole thing.
With major airline hiring picking up, the most employment interest I got were from companies and organization (government, regional airlines, fortune 500s and smaller companies) that were interested in my aviation experience. I was able to find a couple that offered the work/life balance I was seeking for an increase in pay, in the area of the country I wanted to live so I made the jump to one. So now I get to fly, have a decent amount of time off where I don't get bothered with work related stuff when I'm not at work, and am pretty happy with the setup overall... At least for now.