doctor or commercial pilot
 

hello,i recently finished my highschool with great results and i have 2 choices to decide within a week either become a doctor or a pilot .i started my foundation pilot ground classes 7 weeks ago and i really got interested in becoming a commercial pilot and i think its really fun.1 week ago my mom told me i got accepted into one of the top medicine school in my home country.since i was young adore science. i have watched many medicine related tv series, surgeries and i really dont get disgusted where as i also play alot of flight simulators and play a lot of plane games and i do know alot about aircrafts because of the foundation course.i always try to work hard in order to achieve my best and i like discovering things.i really dont know which one suites me the best and to choose as a career.

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.

Doctor.

That way you won't end up hating a fun hobby= flying.

Hey being a Doctor isn't all what it's cracked up to be these days. Not everyone can be a surgeon, insurance companies and medical malpractice attorneys take a lot of their money, and they work some really long days, 5 days a week. Not all Doctors make $300k+ a year and I bet you can find plenty that are working their tails off making $150k that would rather be making $200k working 12-14 days a month. The grass isn't always greener and I do agree flying for a living has taken a lot of the fun out of it, but I still ask myself if there's anything else I'd rather be doing for a living and the answer is still no.

Lots of pilots never make near 200k. Doctors have the ability to work anywhere.

Anyone hired at the Majors in the next 10 years will make well over $200k for a good part of their careers.

Doctor.

Then, when you fly, you'll be flying where YOU want to fly.

Nice.

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.

Anyone hired at the majors in the next ten years will be the first furloughed when the next economic downturn hits (and it will).

"Willing" in my above post