Scenic,
Sorry if you thought that I was belittling your profession, that is not what I was trying to do. I would love to be part of your profession, as despite the unusual starts, slightly dodgy hours, and medicals etc, it still seems to be a decent profession to be in.
I was merely comparing it with my current profession, in which my clients always think we vets are well/over paid, and they seem to think that I should work for free 'for the love of it'
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I think pilots do a difficult job well, and initially it seems they are taken advantage of no-end having to pay so much to train and then do type training etc, but it seems after a couple of years, if you are lucky, the scales tip and you start to reap the rewards, which are quite decent!
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