doctor or commercial pilot
09-08-2015, 01:00 PM
#11
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Become a Doctor...You can live anywhere you want and always have a well paying job..In many specialties, you can easily earn $300,000 per year..Even as a regular Hospitalist you can earn $200,000 per year...If you end up in top paying specialties- cardiology, radiology, oncology, orthopedics, ophthalmology-retina,etc..you will earn well above $500,000 per year...In flying you will not see $200,000 until you are mid career with a legacy airline..That could be in your late 40s assuming you get hired in early thirties..In medicine you will start earning those numbers as soon as you complete your residency/ fellowship which will put you in your early thirties...If you want to waste your life away then by all means become a pilot..Flying is a long bumpy road to get on with a Major Airline..
09-08-2015, 01:53 PM
#12
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A lot of people on this board think all doctor's make a lot money just like a lot of non-pilots think all pilots make a lot of money.
Being a doctor is a long and hard road too.
If all you are thinking of is the *possible** pay off at the end of the road - you run just as much risk of being disappointed at the end of that road as you are if you chose to become a pilot (aiming for the major airline job).
As in medicine - there are NUMEROUS other avenues to make a living in aviation; you just have to open up to the different possibilities.
Being a doctor is a long and hard road too.
If all you are thinking of is the *possible** pay off at the end of the road - you run just as much risk of being disappointed at the end of that road as you are if you chose to become a pilot (aiming for the major airline job).
As in medicine - there are NUMEROUS other avenues to make a living in aviation; you just have to open up to the different possibilities.
09-08-2015, 06:05 PM
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Or become an Anesthesiologist, about half the school of a Doc and making good money (north of $150k) in less than 3 yrs.
I fell over when a friend of mine started dating an anesthesiologist and told me what she made.
I fell over when a friend of mine started dating an anesthesiologist and told me what she made.
09-08-2015, 06:10 PM
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My 33-year old niece is making $200K+ as a lawyer, but that's far from guaranteed, same for pilots and doctors. Docs and Lawyers rarely get furloughed and have to start again at base wages. Docs are in very high demand and always will be.
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09-08-2015, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Thedude
Or become an Anesthesiologist, about half the school of a Doc and making good money (north of $150k) in less than 3 yrs.
I fell over when a friend of mine started dating an anesthesiologist and told me what she made.
I fell over when a friend of mine started dating an anesthesiologist and told me what she made.
09-08-2015, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Anyone hired at the majors in the next ten years will be the first furloughed when the next economic downturn hits (and it will).
People who seem to believe that this all suddenly changed are either overly optimistic, or just kidding themselves.
There have never been more than a few years of good news followed by several years of bad news.
09-12-2015, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Vital Signs
You have to ask yourself the introspective questions:
Corporate or Airline?
Do I interview well?
Do I network well?
Am i will to relocate?
Am I will to commute and for how long?
What if I do not get that High paying dream job?
Am i willing to miss Many important days...Holidays, birthdays, etc.?
What if a health issue arises and can not maintain medical?
What if I Really hate being a Doctor?
Only you can answer these questions and with that being said...I have no idea what I would be doing if I were not a pilot but I would say the days are split between I'm glad I am and I wish I wasn't.
Corporate or Airline?
Do I interview well?
Do I network well?
Am i will to relocate?
Am I will to commute and for how long?
What if I do not get that High paying dream job?
Am i willing to miss Many important days...Holidays, birthdays, etc.?
What if a health issue arises and can not maintain medical?
What if I Really hate being a Doctor?
Only you can answer these questions and with that being said...I have no idea what I would be doing if I were not a pilot but I would say the days are split between I'm glad I am and I wish I wasn't.
That aught to make the decision easier....
09-12-2015, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
Be a successful doctor and buy your own plane.
Look up Dick Karl. He's a Dr. That owns a Cheyenne, retired from surgery and now flies for a fractional.
I don't know many pilots that own turbine equipment.
Look up Dick Karl. He's a Dr. That owns a Cheyenne, retired from surgery and now flies for a fractional.
I don't know many pilots that own turbine equipment.
09-12-2015, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Thedude
Or become an Anesthesiologist, about half the school of a Doc and making good money (north of $150k) in less than 3 yrs.
I fell over when a friend of mine started dating an anesthesiologist and told me what she made.
I fell over when a friend of mine started dating an anesthesiologist and told me what she made.
Do you mean anesthetist? They are usually experienced nurses with around 27 months of school beyond a BSN. But yeah, the pay is good and the working conditions are awesome.
09-12-2015, 06:01 PM
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Maybe that's what he meant..A nurse anesthetist or CRNA..They do earn good money $150,000-$200,000 per year..Requires a BSN, 2 years working experience in ICU, CCU followed by a Masters degree in Nurse Anesthesia..Then you become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist...They only work 35 hours a week as well so 3-4 work days a week..
