Originally Posted by
niksingh13
Hi, really appreciate your advice. I'm planning on getting some flight experience under my belt next year, before I apply again next year (maybe). I currently have a Masters of Science in Medicine, I work as a clinical trial coordinator.
Sounds like your career is going quite well in medicine, and unless you're really passionate about flying, I would definitely stick with that. Earning $60,000 a year as a SAAB f/o with a $100k debt is not ideal unless you totally and wholeheartedly aspire to fly as a lifelong career.
Originally Posted by
Wizofoz
Thing is, you will be up against people who went to the Air Cadets, flew R/C models, soloed a glider at 15- committed, life-long aviation tragics (of which I am one!). Unless later in life you have picked up this kind of enthusiasm and can demonstrate it, there will always be some keen type ahead of you, because it takes that kind of single-mindedness to put up with the BS being a pilot entails!!
This is 100% correct, if you were passionate about getting in, you'd have to demonstrate this mindset and commitment to flying.
Good luck regardless, whatever your future may hold.