by GoEightOh | Dec 4, 2018 | Aspiring Professional Pilot, Professional Pilot
Want to build time fast? Do you get a sense of accomplishment when you complete a project? Are you ready to travel and not content in your local practice area? You may want to pursue aerial survey flying as your first commercial flying job. In the First Flying...
by GoEightOh | Nov 15, 2018 | Aspiring Professional Pilot, Professional Pilot
Being a “Right-Seater” at a Part 142 Flight Training Center is perhaps the most unique path into business aviation because it’s the only first flying job where you don’t fly airplanes at all; instead, you fly simulators. If you are curious on how to become a...
by GoEightOh | Oct 24, 2018 | Aspiring Professional Pilot, Professional Pilot
Last time we left off with you having recently become a Commercial, Multi-Engine, Instrument-rated pilot. If you haven’t read the article, From Intro Flight to Your First Paycheck, it is a good starting point. Your freshly minted pilot certificate is burning a hole in...
by GoEightOh | May 14, 2018 | Aspiring Professional Pilot
“So, how’d you get your hours?” This is often a popular question at dinner parties. If the person is asking what did I do to get from my first flying lesson to the position where I am now, that would be a long answer. It’s been a nearly twenty-year journey, so I...
by GoEightOh | Apr 6, 2018 | Aspiring Professional Pilot, GoEightOh Advanced, Professional Pilot
Near my desk, I have the scrawling, childish cursive of a third grader framed on the wall, so I can see it every day. The painstaking, yet still messy script reads, “I’ll fly jets. I want to fly planes and I love planes because I fly them all the time.” It also...
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