Originally Posted by
Turboman
.... they must spend at a bare minimum $40,000 of their own money on training to obtain a level of skill, discipline and responsibility, in my opinion, equivalent to a doctor ....
Turboman: It is indeed anomalous that of the common professions, that of "pilot" is one of the few where the newcomer must pay the full cost of their training! However, that's a different debate.
Let's keep things in perspective here!
CPL/MEIR takes 12 months taining and what, $40,000 ?
That would take care of only 1 of the minimum of 6 years of full-time/full-fee medical training.
R