As a student pilot or flight instructor, there’s a lot you don’t learn about becoming an airline pilot until you’re doing the job EVERY DAY! While I love my job, there are a few pros and cons you should be prepared for. Here are the top 10 things I wish I’d known, or had better preparation for, before becoming an airline pilot. (Cockpit scenes filmed under Part 91 with approval of Envoy Air, Inc.)
The videos I produce are the first example of an airline approved, comprehensive view of becoming an airline pilot. Each video is about a specific topic, something I wish I’d learned before I started flying as a professional pilot. What do you want to learn? Leave me a comment below!
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0:00 I Love My Job, But…
0:22 Commuting Is Tough
1:09 Eating Habits On The Road
1:44 Learn To Be Outgoing
2:20 Monthly Schedules Run Your Life
2:46 Know Your Contract, WELL
3:28 Staying In Shape On The Road
4:12 Flying Large vs. Small Regional Jets
4:50 Visual Approaches Aren’t Easy In Jets
5:34 The Destination Isn’t Important
6:05 It Can Be A Hard, Tiring Job
6:50 This Job Is All About Attitude
Thanks for watching!
-Swayne
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Man I don’t care. I just wanna be flying big planes.
Do you have a ball park estimate on how much you can earn as a pilot? Please and thank you
What plane is he sitting in?
From a layman’s perspective this was a great video. Very interesting story and neatly told.
Do you love your job despite all the cons? If you had to do it over again would you become an airline pilot? If not what would you have done?
On which airline can pilots keep short beards?
As someone who is 6 flights away from my Commercial, Instrument check-ride, and plan on becoming a CFII. I really appreciate you making this insightful video so i can get a better picture of what to expect. Thanks
If I am a transitioning pre-operative, hormone supplementing, born male- with fantasies of flying for the airlines with an ATP and FAA First Class Medical- can I still be an airline pilot too?