Hello,
I also am really keen on being a physician-pilot because I love aviation and medicine but have no idea how to do so. I am set on becoming a doctor first so I was thinking about joining the Navy on HPSP (I went through MEPS with them already but haven't signed anything) and then becoming a Naval Pilot as I do my 3-4 years of service. I am not sure if this is even possible, if the HPSP contract will work against me or afford the possibility to become a physician-pilot. Would it be better to go through the US Air Force? Would it be better with the civilian sector with a PPL then CPL? What is the age limit?
Ideally I'd like to save time by somehow training to be a pilot and getting jet flying hours while I am in medical school. I also have two gap years during which I have a full-time job but I can take classes to become a pilot at nighttime. This gives me a definite 6 years of time part-time to become a pilot and get hours (hoping for 1000-2000 or more to start my own flight company in the future) because I am not sure how beholden I will be to the Navy (or whichever branch I join) after medical school.
Would appreciate any insight! And I would love to speak to anyone who is doing it currently.
(I know some of you may say it is better to just focus on one career instead of both or that I cannot go to pilot school while in medical school but I intend to at the very least like to try!)
I also am really keen on being a physician-pilot because I love aviation and medicine but have no idea how to do so. I am set on becoming a doctor first so I was thinking about joining the Navy on HPSP (I went through MEPS with them already but haven't signed anything) and then becoming a Naval Pilot as I do my 3-4 years of service. I am not sure if this is even possible, if the HPSP contract will work against me or afford the possibility to become a physician-pilot. Would it be better to go through the US Air Force? Would it be better with the civilian sector with a PPL then CPL? What is the age limit?
Ideally I'd like to save time by somehow training to be a pilot and getting jet flying hours while I am in medical school. I also have two gap years during which I have a full-time job but I can take classes to become a pilot at nighttime. This gives me a definite 6 years of time part-time to become a pilot and get hours (hoping for 1000-2000 or more to start my own flight company in the future) because I am not sure how beholden I will be to the Navy (or whichever branch I join) after medical school.
Would appreciate any insight! And I would love to speak to anyone who is doing it currently.
(I know some of you may say it is better to just focus on one career instead of both or that I cannot go to pilot school while in medical school but I intend to at the very least like to try!)