Nurses and teachers are two of my favorites.

We have a family friend who at 45 years old finished her nursing degree a few years ago and started out earning 65K. One year later she took a position at a rehabilitation clinic earning 85K. 9 to 5, 5 days a week.

The Seattle Times reported that teachers in the Seattle area my average 54K, get a nice state funded retirement and get every government holiday, two weeks in December one week in the spring and the entire summer off !!!!

Both of those careers are currently in high demand, require a much smaller investment in training and education and pay far better than the average pilot gig.


The average pilot career can not touch a nursing one. As an air ambulance pilot in Seattle I flew a Learjet and Citation on call 24 hours a day. At the time captain wages were 35 to 40 K per year. I as an FO earned around 850 to 1000K per month. The lowest paid flight nurse was on call for 12 hours 3 to 4 days per week and earned 85K.

Its not hard to best a pilot career.


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