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premed is not a real major in college. It's just a cult
i wish they trained doctors like they trained pilots.... most pilots could easily be mechanics(believe it or not, if you work on a major airliner as a mechanic you make 6 figures) they call them flight engineers or other words... but pilots are among the brightest professionals out there... and they're selfless... if anything they're underpaid and underapperciated... what makes them that way is the fact that if they screw up... even once...THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DIE.... so usually they have their own lives in their hands as well as yours.... ask a pilot if he knows anyone who died flying a plane next time you fly cross country... bet you my life his answer will be yes... you just don't learn from your mistakes as a pilot... most mistakes you make flying you can only make once.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/top-5-reasons-t.html
Y'all have been outed.
lol @ the comment "if a pilot makes a mistake THEY'LL DiE!"
The 9/11 hijackers flew, lots of celebs fly, and yes, numerous pilots have done flown while under the influence. A commercial pilot's license only requires about 250 hours of flight experience and the minimum age is 18- compare that to 4 years of undergrad and 4 years of medical school. Pilots are also protected from making mistakes by computerized safety mechanisms, the co-pilot, and let's not forget- Auto Pilot:
i wish they trained doctors like they trained pilots.... most pilots could easily be mechanics(believe it or not, if you work on a major airliner as a mechanic you make 6 figures) they call them flight engineers or other words... but pilots are among the brightest professionals out there... and they're selfless... if anything they're underpaid and underapperciated... what makes them that way is the fact that if they screw up... even once...THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DIE.... so usually they have their own lives in their hands as well as yours.... ask a pilot if he knows anyone who died flying a plane next time you fly cross country... bet you my life his answer will be yes... you just don't learn from your mistakes as a pilot... most mistakes you make flying you can only make once.
Dang, I bet veggieswirl wishes he hadn't bet his life on that one...there are lightning bolts being hurled from heaven as we speak.And personally, I hold a commercial licence with a jet rating and 550+ hours of flight time...I don't know anyone who has died.
The responses in this thread are classic.
I would expect nothing less from the lot of you.
okay i guess i was wrong... i'm a girl by the way. But if you read what I wrote.... i said next time you fly cross country ask the pilot if he knows someone whose died flying... may be a bit of an exaggeration... but barely. The guys flying with passenger airlines cross country.... probably have a bit more than 550+ hours under their belts... just my guess. Or am i totally and completely wrong? correct me if i am. I'd never fly a plane but have two cousins in the industry... neither are pilots either. My grandpa was a pilot for 40 years... and i'm not sure how many people he knew who died... but he knew a few. And i might be wrong on this too, but not all pilots make big money... at least to my knowledge.
i pride myself in not fitting into any one of the 5 things listed...especially #1. my anatomy professor even came up to me after a test and told me that the difference between me and other people that had done well before was that I had done well as a result my genuine curiosity in the subject and passion to learn as much as possible....the good grade comes as a byproduct.
People who do #3 are unethical scumbags. People who do #5 shouldn't be going into medicine (why are you entering a field you have no interest in?). The other points are simply a product of fierce competition, and I think it is understandable that some premed students end up fighting and manipulating the system to try and get better grades.
hahah yeah i never tell people I'm pre-med. If anyone asks I just say i'm a biology major and I plan to teach in the future. There's some kind of social stigma among college students that takes shape whenever one states that they're "pre-med". Maybe its all the yuppie type A personalities that give it a bad name...
or maybe its this guy from Van Wilder: http://www.movievillains.com/images/bagg.jpg
edit: Especially at UT-Austin where everyone and their sister is pre-med
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/top-5-reasons-t.html
Y'all have been outed.
In many ways, you're not that far off. Yes, most pilots flying big Boeings/Airbusses cross country between major airports do have more than 550 hours, but many people flying regional jets for the same airlines do not. I'd be willing to bet though, that most of the pilots you may have spoken with who knew someone who died were military trained. There's no equal to military aviation training, but it comes with a price. Fatalities aren't frequent, but they are virtually unheard of the in the civilian training
i wish they trained doctors like they trained pilots.... most pilots could easily be mechanics(believe it or not, if you work on a major airliner as a mechanic you make 6 figures) they call them flight engineers or other words... but pilots are among the brightest professionals out there... and they're selfless... if anything they're underpaid and underapperciated... what makes them that way is the fact that if they screw up... even once...THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DIE.... so usually they have their own lives in their hands as well as yours.... ask a pilot if he knows anyone who died flying a plane next time you fly cross country... bet you my life his answer will be yes... you just don't learn from your mistakes as a pilot... most mistakes you make flying you can only make once.
There is a joke that goes around up here: "Whats the difference between a pilot and his aircraft? The plane stops whining when you shut down the engines."
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Did I hit a soft spot? My, my...Sweeping statements are so cool. I wish more people on SDN would do that.