Jeff Nielsen, also known as “Capt. Jeff” is the host of the very successful "Airline Pilot Guy" Podcast. After seven years in the U.S. Air Force as a C-141B and T-37 Instructor Pilot, he was hired by a very large, international “legacy” airline (we refer to it as “Acme Air”). His 30 year airline career has included flight time in the B-727 (all seats), L-1011 (First Officer), and the “Mad Dog” MD-88/90 (Captain).

I had a great time talking with Capt. Jeff. He has the calm demeanor and soothing voice you'd expect from a senior airline pilot. He has a wide breath of aviation knowledge and is the subject matter expert on being an airline pilot. In order, we talk about:

• Day in the life (minute 8:30)
• Difference between Air Force and civilian flying (minute 12:30)
• Routines-traveling (minute 18:45)
• Routines-flying: (minute 20:30)
• How flying in the airlines changed over the years (minute 24:45) 
• The function of a flight engineer (minute 29:00)
• Future of the industry including automation (minute 41:30).  
• Advice for people getting into the airlines (minute 49:00)
• Common issues new airline pilots have (minute 51:00)
• His podcast--Airline Pilot Guy (minute 52:30)

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