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Fixed Wing Pilot – Contingencies – Lifestyle

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Fixed Wing Pilot

Talking to Aaron Miles, a 20 year fixed wing pilot, about the most critical time of a flight, and choosing lifestyle over pay.

  • How visibility affects the approach to landing an airplane.
  • Safety protocols.
  • Different technologies for an approach.
  • The need to re-certify twice a year.
  • How your expectations of the job change from the beginning.
  • The boom and bust of the career.
  • Realizing that pay isn't everything.
  • Declining experience level in the cockpit due to pilot demand.
  • Most satisfying parts of flying.
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