Originally Posted by MDT06

If you wanted to become a pilot for the money, I'm sorry to tell you, but the odds of making it are small in the US. If you want money and also want to fly, look outside the US and you'll find plenty of opportunities. Aviation in this country is. Also, a lot of people say they make money, but only few do. I get to see income tax returns all day, for many years, and I don't see this happening to often. Only doctors, dentist, some lawyers, some MBA (top schools) make over 150K a year and this after many years of work or education. If there is something I learned in my job, people like to lie about their income and they always have a story about it. Some IT guys make over 100k, but live in CA, so they really make about 70k. Life is not easy, money is not free and very few jobs out there will give you a chance of making good money. An airline pilot has a chance of making good money, the key word is chance. One thing is correct, a RN makes good money (average is about 60K ) and school is not too long. If you want to make more as a RN, they go back to school and get a master (over 100K and many hours of overtime)....but like pilots it doesn't happen in the blink of an eye and you will find people who hate it the job as any other job. People like to talk about the ones who are making the money, the good stories and forget that for almost every profession many failed along the way. If you do a career just for the money, you will fall out of love very quick.