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Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer your questions live from Lakeland Linder International Airport.
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In This Episode We Discuss:
- How smart does a professional pilot have to be?
- Will a hearing loss keep me from becoming a pilot?
- Is it worth earning an A&P while working toward flight hours towing banners or flying skydivers, etc?
- Do you think I should try to earn ratings part-time on the side or commit to a job change completely?
- Is it possible to make this a career in my home City?
- What types of careers in aviation pay around 40 to 60k that would allow the flexibility to earn ratings on the side?
Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Helping me answer your questions today is co host Robert Guyer. Today we will be discussing trip trading and scheduling, migrating from a European to FAA license, and getting a class 1 medical under various medical conditions. Most importantly we answer the question: will a medical disorder end my career as a pilot?
One of the most difficult parts of an interview for a pilot job is answering the pilot technical interview question portion. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. I just got back from a red eye but wanted to answer some of your questions. But first a few announcements.
There are many airlines out there to choose from. How do you go about choosing the best airline for you given the options? In some circumstance, it might be an easy choice given we might just choose the first one to call or only receive an invite from just one carrier.
Have you ever heard of a Medfly pilot? Building flight time towards becoming an airline means flight instructing for most pilots. A unique way to not only build flight time but to build much sought after multi engine turbine time is as a Medfly pilot. Here to discuss this unique job is medfly pilot Sean Edwards.
Today I have a special guest who has overcome challenges both physical and financial in her life. Janine Shepherd is the author of Defiant : A Broken Body Is Not A Broken Person. Janine was a lifelong athlete, who trained to be part of the Australian Olympic Ski Team in Calgary in 1998. She was recently chosen for Maria Shriver’s Architect of the Week.