P-F-T v. Physicians
publisher said:
Doctors pay for training. I don't care how you think about it, they pay for training. First in school and then interning. They may not pay to intern but for what they get paid and what is required, they are paying.
C'mon, Pub, that isn't accurate, and you know it. Let's try this comparison to pilots.
All pilots pay, in some way, for their
initial training. I did. I'd take several flights with my instructor who owned his airplane, and write him a check. I would repeat the process. Eventually, I earned my Private, Commercial, Instrument and CFI-I with him. I did the same thing with my multi instructor, earning my multi and MEI. I had a friend help me with my CFI, but wrote checks for the airplane time. Others (or their parents) wrote the $45K check to, e.g., FSI or Comair. The result was the same at the end; we all had our initial quals as professional pilots. Our quals are recognized everywhere.
Then, we (hopefully) get jobs. We are hired and go to work. Every job requires some kind of training, but we are receiving wages while receiving the training. Except for P-F-T'ers, who coughed up at least part of their training cost as a condition of hire by their specific companies.
If someone wants to be a doctor, he/she goes to college for an undergrad degree. That is paid for by the person or for the person. Then, medical school. That, too, is paid for by the person or for the person. Probably by big loans. The person graduates from medical school with an M.D. degree. The M.D. is recognized anywhere.
Then, more than likely, the new doctor gets a job. Probably an internship with a hospital or medical center. The person is working, but it is a training position. The person is collecting a paycheck while he/she is learning. The new doctor did
not remit monies to the hospital or medical center as a condition of hire or to receive training. Maybe he/she is paying through the nose for the hard work he/she contributes, but that's another matter. So, doctors do not P-F-T.
I do agree with you, Pub, to a point, that airlines want experienced people. Aside from insurance, that's why they establish minimum quals. But, as Enigma, above, noted, the experienced pilots airlines hire still must receive company training, just as everyone who starts any kind of new job in any industry receives. The distinction is the government mandates that new-hire pilots receive the training. A further distinction between airlines and other industries is companies outside of P-F-T aviation companies provide that training at their expense. Once again, I've never heard of any industry except for P-F-T (or pay-for-job) aviation companies that demands that new-hires pay for their training.
Is the horse dead, yet?
