u/AMLJ144

Hey all. My clinical externship is starting on Monday.

Honestly, I’m pretty darn scared. I knew this was coming and it’s what I signed up for, but I’m worried about making mistakes during externship. My program — as with any I’d imagine — is quite strict, and I feel like the margin for error is extremely low without compromising my whole educational journey and career aspirations.

I’m sorry if this has been asked here before, but does anyone have any advice at all about performing well during clinicals? Any one have any stores to share? Were clinicals a positive or a negative experience? Was it hard financially during that time? Were your trainer and patients understanding at all?

Any and all insight would be so appreciated. Thank you.

I am looking for insight from some pilots about whether or not it is worth taking more than one discovery flight.

My dad is a pilot with United Airlines. I was strongly considering the pilot route like him. I nearly even quit my current MRI program to go full force into pilot training.

I scheduled a discovery flight with an old acquaintance and we flew together. While it was certainly cool, unfortunately I did get kind of sick towards the end of it, and nearly threw up. By the end of it, I was honestly looking forward to land.

Due to this, I felt like perhaps this career path wasn’t for me. Between the inherent time and expense of the training process, the lack of guarantee of landing a job with a major airlines, as well as some personal complications with my medical record, I just was not sure if becoming a pilot was the right thing for me.

This all being said, I am wondering if there are pilots out there who did more than one discovery flight in order to truly unlock their passion for it? Might it be worth trying the Discovery flight more than once to see if it actually is for me? Or would it all just be a waste of $200..?

Let me know your thoughts, I am thankful for your insight.