The Pro-Pilot Playbook Podcast

Mike and Sean answer a question about dealing with having to tell passengers no and discuss other situations that can cause you to have a difficult day as a pilot.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:01 Viewer/listener's question

02:29 Corporate pilot vs Airline pilot perspective

04:59 Sean's 3 step process for dealing with passengers

06:52 Mike's advice for dealing with bad situations as a pilot

08:06 Common problems pilots deal with

15:53 "Get Home-Itis"

17:50 " Reverse Get Home-Itis"

19:52 New products at https://www.propilotplaybook.com/

20:04 Wrap up- TAKE ACTION!

Mike and Sean interview Brandon after recently failing his Private Pilot Checkride. However, there's a lot more to this story than what you might think. This is a great story for anyone who is getting close to taking their first Practical Pilot Test.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:23 Brandon's introduction and background

05:56 Brandon's flight training

11:00 Private pilot checkride

20:54 No sleep

23:20 Weather

27:00 Ferry pilot problems

32:50 The oral starts

36:00 Family friend died

40:35 Plane doesn't start

43:50 Flight portion begins

44:10 Cross-country snafu

46:40 Engine out procedures

51:05 A huge learning experience

1:00:10 Won't see these stories on the internet

1:02:53 We learn from failing

1:04:40 Brandon's shout out to Pro-Pilot Playbook

1:06:05 Wrap up- TAKE ACTION!

Mike and Sean jump a little off the career path rails to discuss a technical topic involving the use the very popular ForeFlight aviation app from the point of view as a professional pilot. We also address the possible downsides of using this powerful application early on in your training especially working towards your Private Pilot Certificate.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:47 Sam's question

05:02 What is ForeFlight?

06:53 Not for primary Private Pilot training

09:33 Sean's day-to-day using ForeFlight

12:00 Fuel planning

16:01 Back-up instruments

18:55 Poor man's TCAS

20:20 All charts are included

21:46 Logbook function

23:28 Runway analysis data

25:45 Airlines using ForeFlight

26:35 Other aviation apps

28:38 Wrap up- TAKE ACTION!

29:00 New products released on the Pro-Pilot Playbook site 

Mike and Sean answer two viewers questions this week concerning how to become an ultra successful corporate pilot and earn a comparable salary of our major airline counterparts. Basically a step-by-step guide to start an aircraft management company.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

03:08 Bryan's video question

05:55 Answering peoples email

06:33 What is a contract pilot

11:19 Using Facebook groups to find contract pilot jobs

12:40 Buying a type rating to do contract pilot work

15:04 Adam's email question

17:55 How to start an aircraft management company

22:07 How to be a good contract pilot

24:00 It all comes back to networking

26:30 First steps as a low time pilot

30:12 New products released on the Pro-Pilot Playbook site

30:45 Take action!

Sean & Mike sit down with John Zimmerman from Sporty's Pilot's Discretion Podcast which is possibly the most downloaded aviation podcast in history.

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Are the latest headlines about slowing airline pilot hiring just a temporary pause or the start of a downward trend? In this episode, aviation career mentors Mike Martin and Sean Richey explain what the real state of the industry is. They also talk about the right approach to flight training, how to build time, and whether airline interviews still matter. Mike and Sean have lots of experience as corporate pilots, so they share tips from the world of private jets, including the different skills required for that type of job. In the Ready to Copy segment, you’ll hear about tough checkrides, how to be a good copilot, and the best airports in America.

QUOTES:

- Current hiring trends: “There’s a difference between the hiring surge that we had and the true pilot shortage that’s going on in the background.”

- Airline hiring 25 years ago: “Your first year you made like $22,000; you had to pay $18,000 back to them for your training.”

- Where we are now: “There is no greater time in the history of man, since the Wright brothers first flew, to become a professional pilot.”

- What type of flight school is best: “At the end of the day, you’re going to get the same certificates and ratings no matter what you do.”

- Why waiting to start flight training can cost you: “For every year you wait, you gotta think about those big bucks on the back end of your career.”

- Competition between employers: “This large airline hiring is sucking pilots out of the corporate world like a vacuum cleaner.”

- Corporate jobs vs. airline jobs: “The actually volume of flying you is way less. There are many corporate pilots that fly as many hours annually as an airline pilot does in one month.”

- How to break into corporate flying: “Be at the airport… you need to be at these airports and you need to see yourself seen and known.”

- What makes a good copilot: “The ability to distinguish what’s important from what’s not important.”

- Flying celebrities: “I had a perception before I did this… [that] money doesn’t buy happiness and all that. I actually think after years of doing this that that’s a coping mechanism that us poor people say.”

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Sean & Mike talk with Daniel Smucker on how he was able to achieve his Instrument rating in just 10 days.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

03:10 Daniel's story

11:02 How Daniel financed his training

14:50 How he achieved Instrument rating in 10 days

18:20 Accelerated commercial pilot license

21:38 Hacks for sharing time via Face Book groups

24:40 Owning a plane for training

29:40 Borrowing an airplane for training

33:04 Accelerated Multi-engine rating

38:28 Flight training with brother as CFI

42:20 Working on CFI and Networking

46:11 Daniel idea for starting a flight school

47:40 Is ATP flight school accelerated training?

49:00 How did it all cost?

52:00 Right seat in a jet

54:30 Daniel's advice to aspiring pilots

56:20 Networking at the airport

Sean & Mike answer two listeners video questions on the pilot marketing softening and whether it's worth buying your own type rating in an aircraft.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:56 Steve's question

09:02 Truckers becoming professional pilots

10:53 Ground school before flight training

14:25 Skipping the regional airlines

14:58 Hiring slowing down at the airlines

16:56 Buy your own type rating?

22:32 Good companies want good people

25:06 Expensive training on speculation

25:51 Finance it and accelerate it

27:00 Take action

Sean & Mike talk to Ben Roller, former FAA Operations Inspector and Designated Pilot Examiner, to get the inside hacks on passing your pilot checkride. We also discuss common mistakes pilot applicants make on checkrides and how or if discretion actually exists when it comes to your checkride.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

02:23 Ben's background

08:30 Pilot hiring in early 2000's vs today

19:10 Pilot job market up's and down's

20:44 Shortage of designated pilot examiners

24:41 Requirements to be a DPE

26:35 Who's the DPE's DPE?

28:38 Do pilot examiners have a pass/fail ratio quota to maintain?

30:57 Examiners discretion on a pilot checkride

34:42 Examiner knows in the first 5 mins of meeting applicant outcome of the checkride

35:48 Ben's advice to private pilot applicants

39:55 Common problem areas on pilot checkrides

48:19 Checkride with highest fail rate?

56:30 Take Action!

Sean & Mike talk to Jamal again as he updates us with his progress at ATP flight school where he was able to get his Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot Certificate, and Multi-Engine Rating in under 5 months. Jamal had also used the financial aid which means he started his training at ATP with no money being paid up front.

Jamal's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Jahmalthepilot

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

02:23 Recap on Jamal's story

07:02 How long and how much

12:05 Can you fail at ATP

14:25 What are the Cons of ATP

18:58 Jamal has a JOB!

26:20 Companies paying students at ATP Flight School

28:16 Ages of other student pilots and CFI's at ATP

30:58 Mike & Sean on the road

Mike and Sean break down the crash of a Challenger 604 on approach into Naples, Florida (APF) airport that experienced a dual engine failure on final crashing on I-75 killing both pilots. We talk about operating the challenger and possible causes of the accident including introducing a new theory that doesn't include fuel starvation or birds.

Here's some links to other YouTuber's videos on the Naples Challenger crash:

https://youtu.be/EKAw1ioDcAE?si=7u9aJbwSSOwTmujH

https://youtu.be/OfEl6clsW_M?si=CF2Uz3bsfq3vyL8W

https://youtu.be/icKVGG9QiS0?si=F7LqLWJs8oLlPGbZ

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

03:32 Facts surrounding Naples crash

05:02 Challenger 604 business jet

08:54 ATC audio

10:37 Video of jet crash in Naples, Florida

13:15 Dual engine flameout in jets

19:52 Theories of what could have caused Naples crash

26:07 Alternate theory for Naples Challenger crash

34:07 Pilots of Naples, Florida crash heros