Should I complete my BDS dental degree before embarking on the pilot profession? Â

Should I complete my BDS dental degree before embarking on the pilot profession?  

answers 0:I would like to be an airline pilot. I am in the first year of seven years of dental school. I had this dream of becoming an airline pilot since i was 13. Now I'm 18. Should I finish with my dental degree and then go on to pursue professional pilot training or i should abandon the dental school and then go for the training? Thanks in advanceanswers 1:Well it depends on what you want more.If you have paid for the dental course and have taken a massive university loan out then I suggest you carry on with the dental programme. However, being a pilot (from experience) should be better than being in a white room pulling peoples teeth out (not from experience). It is far more interesting and you don't have to do a 7 year degree course to become a pilot! . But at the end of the day it really depends on what you want most....answers 2:Look very carefully at the job market. You will see that there is no shortage of airline pilots. They don't want people who think that it's just a "glamorous profession" (it isn't any more - it's a lot of hard work and boredom, but well paid if you are a Captian). Most new pilots work for the likes of Easyjet and Ryanair, and these airlines are definately not for the workshy. They really "sweat" their aeroplanes and crews and their pay is not very high. Most airlines recruit from the ex-RAF personnel anyway because it reduces their training costs. If you want to pay your own way to CPL standard you're looking at around £100k minimum, with no guarantee that you will get a job even after you get your licence.Consider applying to the RAF as a Transport pilot. They will assess your ability and aptitude. If you are taken on (Short Service Comission, about 16 years) you will leave with a very nice ! cash lump sum and you will know how to fly big jets. You can t! hen use some of your money to to pay for conversion of your RAF training to a civil Commercial Pilots Licence (relatively cheap) and an airline will probably take you on. There is a shortage of dentists. They earn rather more than the average airline pilot. Also, if you complete your BDS and training you will never be out of work and still be in a respected profession. When you've saved enough money you can take flying lessons instead of buying a big car (my dentist used to like Mercs).So that is the choices that I recommend you pick from: If you are set on being a pilot then go via the military; If you can't face 16 years as an RAF pilot then finish your BDS and become a dentist. Then save until you can finance your own training....