You make a good point, but there is a notable difference between the two professions.

With the exception of true, dedicated medical professionals who do it for the simple satisfaction of helping people (military doctors, Doctors Without Borders, etc.), most people would not endure the hardships of medical school, internships, board reviews, etc., if that profession were not, for the most part, a lucrative one, and the reward of a very comfortable life in later years was more than an even bet.

Not so much for pilots.

Even when times were awful the last dozen years, there was no shortage of eager beavers wanting to be airline pilots badly enough to pay the ridiculous tuition and fees at aviation universities, or risk their lives training at some fly-by-night "puppy factory", and then subject themselves to miserable pay and working conditions, even when the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was far from guaranteed.

In other words, I've never heard of "Shiny Scalpel Syndrome".