seven extra years of their lives
Whilst in full time employment, generally with better conditions than what most people experience in general aviation
work twenty hour days
While most specialists put in big hours, lets not get carried away.
get paid very little
A registrar earns more than what most GA or regional pilots take home.
Most are still paying off their study bill ten years later
Most pilots are still paying off their flying school loans after 10 years.
How many specialist doctors would pay up front to get a job at a hospital because they had never used a particular brand of CT scanner etc.? Next to none.