It is farcical to try to compare the trade of being a pilot to proper careers in medicine, law etc. It is apples and oranges.
When doctors fail it's usually one person who dies swiftly followed by a medical cover up to deny liability and compensation - remember that form you signed....
When we fail its a £350 million double-decker and the not-so-small matter of 527 passengers and that doesn't include infants under the age of 2.
If we had as many hull losses as daily medical malpractice, the general public probably wouldn't fly that often.