Pilot or a Doctor?

Reply 20

2

Salary? Status? You are gonna spend 40 years of your life doing this job so you better make sure you do the one you are gonna enjoy the most.

Reply 21

marabara

1

Dam

Salary? Status? You are gonna spend 40 years of your life doing this job so you better make sure you do the one you are gonna enjoy the most.

well put

problem is, those two jobs are so different, I suspect he's just picked them by status - maybe watching too much tv?

fact is, I feel that neither of the jobs are for you as you don't seem to have the passion to be able to immediately pick one and they both require a lot of commitment and dedication - they are very different, so surely, deep down, you must know which suits you best?

Reply 22

Unregistered

Nikki J S

I agree, it's not for everyone - you have to really want to be in a military organisation. You can join on a short term commission which is only six years, and if you went in as a GP you would be stationed on an RAF base.

However, if you wanted to travel all around the world you could join the aeromedical evacuation teams, where you would have lots of opportunities to do this.

I'm enthusing about it so much because it's what I really want to do - but obviously only you know if it's the kind of career that interests you.

Anyway, good luck with your choices :smile:

I acknowledge your greatness, good luck with your choice.

Reply 23

Muse

13

mcm9H

Hello I will soon have to decide which course I must follow, between pilot or a doctor.

I need to find out which option is best in general, or better, from the following points:

1. Salary
2. Social Status and How the society looks at the jobs
3. Job Security
4. Usefulnes

please don't be a doctor. i wouldn't fancy being treated by someone who had to make a list of 'prestige' to choose between 2 totally unrelated, albeit respected, careers.
if you want the money and to travel all over the world, go for the pilot option.

Reply 24

Fluffy

15

timeofyourlife

please don't be a doctor. i wouldn't fancy being treated by someone who had to make a list of 'prestige' to choose between 2 totally unrelated, albeit respected, careers.
if you want the money and to travel all over the world, go for the pilot option.

Ditto to the above comments and sentiments!

Reply 25

spk

mcm9H

1. Salary
2. Social Status and How the society looks at the jobs
3. Job Security
4. Usefulnes

If those are purely your criteria for choosing between the two, then become a doctor, since it will have:
1. High salary within 10 years of graduation
2. Higher social status than being a pilot
3. High level of job security, as you a more-or-less guaranteed a job for life within the NHS. Aviation companies are by no means so secure.
4. Being a doctor is one of the most useful jobs there is. Others are teachers, nurses and plumbers but none of them match all of your first three criteria.

Reply 26

Muse

13

spk

1. High salary within 10 years of graduation

by which time you're approaching retirement age :wink:

Reply 27

Howard

5

mcm9H

Hello I will soon have to decide which course I must follow, between pilot or a doctor.

I need to find out which option is best in general, or better, from the following points:

1. Salary
2. Social Status and How the society looks at the jobs
3. Job Security
4. Usefulnes

Thank you very much

Mcm9H

Become an astranaut instead. That's what I did. :rolleyes:

Reply 28

Nikki J S

Howard

Become an astranaut instead. That's what I did. :rolleyes:

Strange you can't spell your own job title!! And was this before or after you'd been a police officer?

Reply 29

Hawk

1

If your going to go into Piloting be prepared to spend up to £60k on training.
Airline Sponsorship is extremely rare and very competitive if any places do arise.

Also job security is not very good, as an airline pilot - you must undertake medical and flight simulator testing each year, after 40 this is increased to every six months. Failure of the class 1 medical test will result in the loss of your license and thus your job.

You must be prepared to travel away from home alot, especially in the early years when you may not obtain a home base airport in your area. You may not see family and friends for days or weeks.

This may all seem very negative, but anyone wanting to go into a career as an airline pilot must be commited and have an enthusiasm for flying. If you have that enthusiasm the above should not matter to you.

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