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ACP266 Longevity and Listener mail.

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Longevity and Listener mail

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast.  Today we discuss Longevity and answer listener mail.

Before we begin a few announcements.

Announcements:

Since the recent downturn in the industry, we have decided to not change our pricing for career coaching until the industry recovers. To find out more visit our Coaching Page or our YouTube Channel ExpertAviator

If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com.  

At AviationCareersPodcast.com  You can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others, you may receive the scholarships guide for free. As a matter of fact, for every $10 we raise from patrons of the podcast we give away one scholarship guide. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by contributing to giving away a free scholarships guide please click on Patron. For as little as $10 a month you can make a huge impact on someone’s life and career.

Thank You, Mathew, for your support and for paying it forward. We have added new coupons to the pay it forward campaign.

The current online scholarships guide includes 79 new scholarships, 4 updates and a new “Scholarships for Adults” category. To find out more visit AerospaceScholarships.com or click on the scholarships tab at AviationCareersPodcast.com.

In This Episode We Discuss:

  • Career Coaching
  • Scholarships Guide.
  • What is Longevity?
  • There is financial help for you.
  • Listener Mail

Links Mentioned in This Podcast:

CDC Corona Virus

YouTube.com/ExpertAviator

Photo Credit: Jessica Krtek

College, Financial Aid, Podcast

ACP192 Financing Flight Training, Advantage of A Master’s Degree

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Financing Flight TrainingFinancing Flight Training, Advantage of A Master’s Degree. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer your questions with Robert Guyer as co host. Remember to send us your questions at feedback@aviationcareeerspodcast.com.

Announcements:

AviationCareersPodcast.com/Courses You can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various technical courses online. Visit AviationCareersPodcast.com/Courses to discover more.

Financing Flight Training, Advantage of A Master’s Degree:

  • Do you know how I can apply for the forces to flyers program?
  • I want to fly for a living and request your guidance or suggestions to finance my flight school.
  • Have you ever followed anyone from start to finish on the podcast in their journey to becoming a commercial pilot?
  • Are there higher points given for a masters degree when applying as an airline pilot?
  • What for flight training will to get me to an airline in the next 3-5 years?

Links Mentioned in This Podcast:

Forces To Flyers

Pasco Hernando State College

Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

https://www.salliemae.com

https://www.wellsfargo.com/student

ACP189 A Leap Of Faith To Pursue His Dream – Clay Whatley

ACP165 CommutAir The Fastest Career Pathway Program To United

ACP121 – Organization Of Black Aerospace Professionals, The Coast Guard, and ExpressJet Airlines

Finance, Financial Aid, Podcast, Questions Answered

ACP188 Preparing To Fly In A Glass Cockpit

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Have you flown with a glass cockpit? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today I am joined by Justin Ash to discuss learning to fly in a glass cockpit, as well as answer some of your other questions.

Announcements:

AviationCareersPodcast.com/Courses You can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and the Pilot Jobs Book. We also have monthly membership which includes the Pilot Jobs Book, Advanced Guide To Holding Patterns, The Practical Guide To Winter Flying, and various Webinars. Visit AviationCareersPodcast.com/Courses to discover more.

Preparing To Fly In A Glass Cockpit:

  • Using your retirement savings to fund flight training.
  • Pilot Fatigue in the training environment
  • Challenges Of Fatigue Instructors face.
  • Do I need to live close to the training center as an instructor?
  • Getting ready for glass.

Links Mentioned in This Podcast:

14 Retirement Mistakes You Will Regret Forever

Best Value Schools ranks Polk State Aerospace No. 2 in the country

Photo Credit: Dillon Kraushaar – Polk State College Aerospace

Financial Aid, Pilot Shortage, Podcast, Scholarships

ACP084 Pilots On Food Stamps with Ben Mandell

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PilotsOfFoodStampsCoverWelcome to Episode 84. The goal of this podcast is to inform, entertain, and motivate you to achieve your career goal. We to bring you the viewpoint of all those involved with careers in aviation and aerospace.  Although we primarily focus on the positive aspects of a career in aviation and specifically as an airline pilot we also know that we must represent the challenges of choosing a career in aviation.

To help you understand some of the challenges concerning salaries in the piloting career I have with me Ben Mandell author of Don’t Pay Any Flight School More Than $2500 In Advance: The Censored Information The Bad Guys Don’t Want You To Know and Pilots on food stamps: An Inside Look At Why Your Flight Was Cancelled.

You can find his book by clicking here or going to AviationCareersPodcast.com/foodstamps

Ben and I discuss:

  • Why You should not Pay more than $2,500 in advance to a flight school.
  • Scholarships to watch out for.
  • Ways to save money on flight training.
  • Why Flights are being cancelled.
  • How pilots are paid.
  • How the shortage of pilots is affecting salaries.
  • How the shortage of pilots affects the Majors.
  • Upgrading and Pay.
  • What he feels is the solution.

Scholarship of the Week:

Buckingham Memorial Scholarship-Air Traffic Controller’s Association (ATCA)

Average Award for all ATCA scholarships $6454.54

The Buckingham Memorial Scholarships are awarded to children of Air Traffic Controller Specialists who are US Citizens and enrolled half- to full-time in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Links:

Bureau Of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook – Airline and Commercial Pilots

Sun N Fun Radio on LiveATC.net

Alumni from these colleges (almost) always pay their debts

PilotsOfFoodStampsCoverDontPayMoreThan2500Cover

Airline Pilot, Aviation Maintenance Technician, Business Aviation, Career Change, College, Color Blindness, Corporate Pilot, Financial Aid, Flight Instructing, Part Time Aviation Career, Pilot Shortage, Podcast, Questions Answered

ACP041 – “Don’t Let The Effort Keep You From Your Goal” Listener Mail With Eric Crump

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Eric Crump the Aerospace Program Director at Polk State College  is an experienced pilot and has had years of experience helping people achieve success in their aviation career.

Eric and I discuss the following listener mail:

  • An aviation maintenance student wants to know job prospects for pilots and mechanics.
  • A 38 year with a family wants to know if age is a factor in choosing a career as a pilot and what his financing options are.
  • A private pilot wants to know if color blindness will keep him from becoming an airline pilot and what opportunities are available for those that are color blind.
  • Anissa has some advice for young pilots: “Don’t let the effort dissuade you from your goal!”
  • A  43 year old private pilot asks if a particular type of flying companies like to see in a pilot’s logbook?
  • Do I need to fund my own multi-engine rating to be considered for corporate or charter flying or are there opportunities for single engine pilots out there?
  • Will a  special issuance medical hurt my chances at an aviation career?
  • What is  your opinion on the future of civil aviation regarding pilotless aircraft. In the last half decade there have been huge advances in UAV technology and do you think that in say the next 30-50 years we will see the cockpit be reduced to 1 person just monitoring systems or possibly no-one?
  • Should take a semester off, and go to flight school and while instructing finish my associates online?  

 

Links Mentioned In This Podcast: 

Polk State Approved to Offer Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Sciences

Red Bird Flight Simulators

Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook

Episode 006 – Career Prospects Are Good for Both A Pilots And Mechanics, A Panel Discussion with Guests From National Aviation Academy. 

AOPA Article: Answers for Pilots: Color vision

AOPA Article: Color Vision Restriction Removal

Air Surgeon’s Medical Bulletin January 2012

PlaneSense – fractional operator of single engine aircraft.

The UAV Digest
UAVDigest

The Golden Age of Unmanned Flight


Financial Aid, Flight Instructing, Part 141 Flight School, Podcast

ACP037 – Is It Too Late, Flying Club vs 141, What University Should I Choose, Scholarships, Starting Over.

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2013-07-05 04.31.38In episode 37 we answer listener questions with Tom Wachowski. If you have a question or need advice about your career please click on the Contact page and submit your question. We will answer your question directly and share the answer in an upcoming episode to help others who are listening.

Today I have with me Tom Wachowski a frequent guest on this podcast. Tom is a corporate pilot who also flew for the airlines and brings a unique perspective to this podcast.

In This Episode We Discuss The Following:

  • Is it too late for me to pursue an aviation career at 25 years old?
  • I eventually want to fly commercially. Should I join a flying club or learn at a Part 141 flight school?
  • What jobs are available for a 400 hour pilot?
  • I’m 17 years old and my dream is to become a commercial pilot flying for Emirates. What is the best route to became an Emirates pilot and how do I get there?
  • Swayne recently completed his first solo cross country and shares his story at: martinsaviation.blogspot.com
  • The challenges and costs of learning to fly in Brazil.
  • Are there any aviation careers that do not require a strong background in math?
  • I am from overseas and was just wondering if you could quickly run me through the most beneficial process of becoming a captain.

Links Referenced In This Podcast:

USS Midway

NYC Aviation – Plane Spotting and News

Mission Beach – San Diego, California

Tom Wachowski Aviation Careers Podcast Episode 14

Experimental Aircraft Association.

What Color Is Your Parachute.
WhatColorIsYourParachute

AOPA Flight Training Magazine and Website
FlightTrainingMagazine

FAA Safety Team


Aerospace Engineer, Air Traffic Controller, Airline Pilot, Career Change, Engineer, Financial Aid, Part 121, Part 135, Part 141 Flight School, Podcast, Questions Answered

ACP032 – Listener Mail with Tom Wachowski

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FlightDeck737Welcome to Episode 32. I hope you enjoyed the last two episodes full of interviews from  the 2013 Sun N Fun Fly-In and Expo in Lakeland, Florida. I enjoyed interviewing these passionate people as they talked about aviation careers.  If you really want to hear some motivating interviews of some truly inspirational aviators make sure you listen to episodes 30 and 31.

In today’s episode we are going to catch up on some of the past questions.  Included in this episode is a short interview with Alan Lawless a flight test engineer who I interviewed in episode 22. He will help us answer one of our engineering questions.

 Today I have with me a frequent co-host on the show Tom Wachowski. Tom is a corporate pilot and former airline pilot who brings a unique perspective to this podcast. Before we begin lets catch up with Tom and some of the interesting flying he has done in the past few months.

Listener Mail:

From Todd:

 I am 37 and can retire from law enforcement in 5 years. I am looking at starting a career in aviation. I will be 42 when I can retire. Would it be possible for me to start now and make a career in aviation at least flying regional or cargo?

From Jesus:

 Jesus is a air traffic controller with questions about jobs in the United States compared to Europe.  Jesus also wants to know if we can recommend large flight schools and online training.

From Brian:

 Brian started flying while he passed the bar and wants to discuss options on how he can meld the two careers of flying and law.

From John:

 Would a flight school look askance at someone who took such a long time to learn how to fly? How about “real flying” jobs? Are they looking for pilots who completed their primary training as close to FAA minimums as possible? 

From Tim:

What would you recommend in terms of getting my pilot training and a college degree. Should I do one or the other first or both at the same time?

Tim also would like us to compare and contrast the training experience from a big flight academy to the training received from an individual instructor at a smaller school.

Question From Junior:

 In Episode 27 we had a question from Junior concerning changing careers from a Designer to Engineering .

 From Jonathan:

Am I too old to become a professional pilot?

What pilot ratings would I need to become a UAV pilot?

How would you suggest I go about my career?

From Carlos:

I am currently a student pilot, but I am within days of taking my check ride.

Would it be possible to do some charters part time?

If so what are some things that I should start looking into?

Thanks for listening to Aviation Careers Podcast. Your questions are important to us and if you have any questions comments or suggestions there are many ways to contact us. You can simply click on the Contact page on our website – AviationCareersPodcast.com or submit a questions via facebook or twitter.  You can also leave us a voicemail at 347-MY-WINGS, 347-699-4647.

 If you found this information useful please rate us on iTunes so others can find us.  Remember to always keep focused on your career goal but be ready for many challenges because those challenges will define who you are in the future. The challenges are the process through which our resolve is hardened like steel.  Keep focused on your goal because I have faith you will achieve it.

Talk to you next episode and Safe Flying!

Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Airplane Geeks Podcast

Taking Advantage Of The Pending Pilot Shortages

Sun N Fun 2012 Interviews Look for the interview Restored Champ to hear the interview with an aviation attorney.

Your Money House


Aviation Maintenance Technician, College, Financial Aid, Grants, Part 141 Flight School, Podcast, Scholarships

Episode 006 – Career Prospects Are Good for Both Pilots And Mechanics, A Panel Discussion with Guests From National Aviation Academy.

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Do you have an interest in becoming both a pilot and a mechanic? You would be surprised how many pilots hold a mechanic’s license. There are some advantages to being both. I discuss:

  • How you can be an operational asset because you can repair items which break and a mechanic is miles from your location.
  • Certain seemingly simple repairs must be signed off by a mechanic especially if it includes a safety wire.
  • Some pilot jobs including corporate jobs require a mechanic’s license.
  • Story of a simple bird strike which grounded our plane and how having a mechanic on board saved the day.

Interview

Teresa Ferent of National Aviation Academy in Clearwater, Florida invited me to speak with a variety of employees at their Clearwater Florida facility. National Aviation Academy has a long history of training mechanics and recently has added pilot training to their curriculum. I have worked with many of the mechanics and pilots who have graduated from the National Aviation Academy and can say first hand that they provide outstanding training.

We discuss:

A special thanks to those I spoke with at National Aviation Academy Including:

Teresa Ferent, Community Resource Representative
Angie Capriotti, Director Of Career Services
Richard Rios, Director Of Student Finance
John Okenfus, Assistant Director of Admissions
Marty Carpenter, Director Of Admissions for Professional PIlot Technology.

Recommended Products and Services:

The National Aviation Academy website has one of the most extensive repositories of information concerning careers as Aviation Maintenance Technicians and Pilots. They have outstanding online presentations concerning job prospects, salary expectations, and how to get your certificates. This is the first website I tell folks to turn to for information concerning becoming an aircraft mechanic. Even if you are not planning on attending the school I highly recommend the information they provide on this website.

For those who are interested in getting a jump start on becoming an Aviation Maintenance Technician or for those who already are AMT’s there is a handy reference for the iPhone and the iPad. I use their app for pilots and think it is one of the best organized and easiest to read Aviation Regulation reference for a mobile device. For more information on what is included in this reference click below:

FAR/AMT for the IOS device.