March 16, 2006
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So… I’ve really had some second thoughts lately about becoming a psychologist. It’s in my top 5 career choices… it seems grounded… easy to have a family and all… something I really would love doing… BUT… why not go for my dream career? (my realistic one lol.. not astronaut)… a pilot! Close enough eh? Hm. I’ve been searching for information about schooling for it… Indiana is… not… good lol. Not for flight school. I’d have to go to the cheapest school possible to get my core classes done here and then… transfer to Embry-Riddle. Which is one… f-ing awesome college. It is the best aviation university in the entire world. Has a campus in Prescott, Arizona and Daytona Beach, Florida. Live 15 minutes from the beach…. aaaahhh yes… BUT… I haven’t begun to find out prices for stuff. I know the salary.
Regional Airlines (Small Jet Providers), $16,000-$21,000/year
Part 91 &135 (Corporate, Charter Operators), $20,000-$40,000/year
Government Agencies (FBI, DEA, Customs), $32,000-$37,000/year
First Officer pay starts out around $32K with a 30-year captain potentially making $180K-$200K. If the airline holds strong, pilots will retire at 60.
SO, once I’m captain, I’d be making a shit-load. But that takes a very long time lol. I mean… the payment is average. I wouldn’t be a regional airline pilot… the other two are okay. Working for the government might be interesting. …. I could fly Air Force One! lol… ooor not…
I’ve also been looking more into the…. Air… Force. … Hm. Yeah. I looked into that my freshman year and gave up the idea. Eeeh… I don’t know. 50-60k to start off… and it just increases from there as you are awarded more. And if there happens to be a war, they can’t send females into combat. He..hehe..hehe…
lol, unfair, but I find it humorous. One of very few things women enjoy inequality. But anyway, I’d have to go through boot camp. And there are physical requirements. I’d have to be in it for 10 yrs. to become a First Officer… which is the same as Embry-Riddle. 5 yrs. after that, you can become a lieutenant. Or you could get out of the military after 10 yrs and become a pilot. SOOO… if I weren’t so against the military, the AirForce really would be the way to go. More money… trained by representatives from Embry-Riddle anyway. So I don’t know. I can’t see me in the Airforce. It just… freaks me out. I mean, when I think of the adventurous side of it, oh yes. I LOVE the idea… buuuut lol… just the … structured lifestyle. Saluting and “YES SIR” and all that. Tidy little beds and a strict schedule… I mean the list never ends. I don’t know if my personality could adapt to that. And, once I’m in it, I can’t… get out. Unless I want to have it on my record as being dishonorably discharged. I think that starts after boot camp, but I could be wrong. May start from the minute you step foot on their turf. The intelligence level of requirements isn’t too strict, so I’m worried about what idiots I would come across. Course, you know. There are idiots wherever you go lol. Just.. a lot of people go to the military to get out of college. I suppose that’d be more like the army or something, though. So… I don’t know about the Air Force. I just… really don’t think I could conform that kind of lifestyle….
Being a helicopter pilot would be cool, too. Embry-Riddle doesn’t do that… I don’t believe. They probably get paid less, though. I stuppose. SO yeah… I’m just thinking it’s dumb of me to settle for something I may be unhappy with years from now. Course… I may be sick of flying after years and years of it, too. Ooooh I don’t know. I’ve always been interested in flying something. A spaceship, a plane… Lots of math. Hm. lol…. WELL I guess I’ll stick to psychology them, ahem…
lol. Oh, I’m actually good at math when I take time to apply myself. It’d just take me a while to get back into it. I used to actually like math… scary eh? I’ll take honors physics next year.. hopefully I’ll like that. Sigh… I’d be giving up a lot of money to do this. 80-90k a year for a psychologist. Well, it really depends though. If I end up with just an MFT (marriage/family) then I could make anywhere from 40-50k. I can assure myself no matter what I do, I’ll at least get 30k. Which is about average right? Little on the lower end… Or a lot on the lower end lol… damn. I DONT KNOW!!! Okay people, y’all gots to vote.
VOTE YOUR OPINION!
Should I be a psychologist? Or a pilot?
