If the retirement age weren’t 65, I’d jump into the career game.

After watching this again, it made me reevaluate the risk factor and I decided that I have nothing to lose by going for it.

I'm 58 and starting my flight training. In your opinion, is it too late for me to get to the airlines?

this guy is dumb. how is financing/money the easy part

I've seen the video on this accident but it was a long time ago. But I became aware that it was a lot like other videos I've seen, and I don't think they were necessarily about plane crashes. It seems like I'd seen some videos about people talking about how to do things, don't remember what, where they didn't do any prep at all, but wanted to show off their skills at extricating themselves from tricky situations they got themselves into by not being prepared. It seemed like they were trying to show how adventurous they were, capable of figuring things out, etc. I don't remember if this was her deal or not. Seemed like it kind of fit from what I remember. Those other videos might have been related to flying, I just don't remember, but it was like a whole genre of them where they showed how smart, adventurous, capable of barely escaping a dangerous or sticky situation and coming out on top. Like they were real super heroes. I didn't have much stomach for those, whatever the subject was so I quit watching them once I realized the pattern. Hearing you guys talk about how easy the flight should have been just reminded me of that awareness I had gotten about some KZbinrs. I grew up in Denver, nothing like LA, Chicago or NYC, but we knew how to drive everywhere we needed to go the minute we got our licenses for exactly the same reason. We weren't buried in a screen. I didn't understand why young people were so likely to not have a driver's license. Now I know. They don't consider the extra time to get somewhere wasted time because they can bury themselves in their screens while in transit. Now I get that anyway. I advocate using public transportation, but I didn't understand why young people, who are at the time of their lives when they are least patient, were so capable of being patient on this subject.

She did it for KZbin it’s no way she should be flying anything she wasn’t a pilot

Where in the Sacramento CA area can I do this?

Damm, will never drive drunk and reckless

57 years old commercial with 550 hours. On the same path!

“TELLING IS NOT TEACHING” Read this book.

I have become intolerant with flying with brand new young flight instructors. Everyone that I’ve encountered seems to be only interested in building time and not developing relationships or even caring about my goals. If I was a DPE I’d fire half of them. Period. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a few good ones out there, but most of them are entitled little brats that have no interest in your goals.

CA flight Clubs... 75-90$/hr instructors, 150-165$/hr rentals... cheapest I could find.

CFI was tryin to get in her pants.....

Sporty’s is a fantastic school

I moved to Cincinnati to go to flight school. My wife and I are thinking of staying. Not lot of airline bases here. I’m thinking of going the cargo route.

I commented this on another video, but for anyone reading this before starting their pilot journey on the medical point: I ended up starting flight training before doing my medical because I didn't think there was going to be any issue with my history. I did previously take an anti-anxiety medication in my late teens/early 20's. I am currently mid 30's. I disclosed this on the medical application and it had me delayed for 6 months. After looking into it many people have similar issues to this and the wait time is anywhere from 6 months to 2 years for the FAA to push you through after they make many demands of you. Many people I spoke with had to contact their congressional office to light a fire under the FAA's butt to get it moving as well, seemingly they'll just file it away and wait for you to give up. I was required to do multiple doctors visits, drug tests, writing personal statements, etc. Total pain and a lot of extra money. I've seen horror stories of guys spending 5-10k on medical tests at the FAA's request because you need to go to a specialist for whatever particular issue and that specialist needs to be an aeromedical doctor as well, so prices are through the roof. Contact AOPA's medical legal team before you even submit an application and they can usually tell you if you even need to disclose something from the past or how to make your process easier. It's a cheap phone call if you're on their monthly plan and you'll likely want to be an AOPA member anyways. I apparently could have gotten around all of that stuff, but I went in blind and was being as honest as possible on my app. Once that app is submitted there is no going back, they'll have it forever. I couldn't solo until I got the medical and it wasted probably 4 months of my time. I ended up getting a 1st class in the end, but what a pain.

Question: In the first part of this video regarding allowance and disallowance on being a contract pilot by your primary employer and tying this in with another of your recent videos on interviews... Would this be a good question early in the interview process that a company would be expecting or is this a red flag question during an interview. I could see it as either one. I can see how an employer may like this because it shows drive and the willingness to work, but could also seem like you aren't dedicated to the company in a way. Thoughts?

I had the issue with long stretches of no flight and there wasn't much I could do about it while running a business and contending with weather/maintenance. I also had a long stretch between solo and medical which was my fault because I did not prepare for it from the beginning. I ended up going in for my medical at the same time as I was taking my first lessons and it took 6 months to get cleared over some really minor stuff, it also cost me a few thousand extra. That was the biggest hurdle and cost me a ton of time and money, but I went in for flights 1 time per week while waiting for my medical to keep proficiency up. I only started to dive deep into researching this type of thing after it was too late and I could have easily avoided it. I found that was acceptable to not regress. I also had two months (1 month of time each separate from each other) where we had 4 172's down for maintenance, this was an issue with the school's maintenance department which they worked out and ended up firing some people over it. If this happened early in training I would have definitely felt it more and would have regressed significantly, but I found it was actually beneficial to me to sit back and think things over before getting back in the airplane. Taking some time off helped me with my landings. Final thing that cost me a lot of time out of the plane was weather. With my business schedule I can only get out in the afternoons and our summers have tons of scattered thunderstorms that will pop up and sometimes we won't know until a few hours before. This definitely put a damper on things, but the weather also helped me learn quite a bit in that the afternoons were always quite windy. Lots of wind shear, lots of gusty conditions, things like this. We can basically time to the minute when the runway is going to change every day because of the winds shifting and picking up. My first probably 70-80 landings were in "less than ideal" conditions for a student, but once I got into some calm weather it became so easy. This may have cost me some additional time, but I found it to be beneficial. On one of my final dual XC's I was landing in 20g25 winds with relative ease in a 172, I couldn't have done that with the extended grind early on. The last thing I also realized is that I was being too hard on myself during soloing. I was out there putting tons of time into landings for example, but when I got back in with my instructor I was told I was perfectly on track or ahead when I thought I had a long way to go. I could have saved some time and money there as well. I understand the accelerated training idea and people wanting to get things done with so they can move on to the next step immediately. Anyone who is hesitant to start up or continue on because of that just realize that it'll happen with some perseverance and you'll need those flight hours later on regardless. If you have flexibility to choose the location you fly out of it will be a major factor as well. I can't pack up and move to SoCal or Florida for better flight weather and less cancellations, if you can relocate you should. Look where the big schools are at and you'll have a good idea of the best places to be a student pilot.

During ppl check ride, if I notice I'm more than 100 ft off in altitude and I correct it, should I tell the DPE or should I just ignore it and hope that he/she didn't notice and/or try to minimize it and not bring too much attention to it?

The Christmas flight dedication reminds me of this Thanksgiving. I was out flying before Thanksgiving dinner and everyone was calling me nuts, but I was telling them I had my choice of airplane for as long as I wanted and didn’t need to schedule weeks in advance so why the hell not take advantage of that?!

She seemed highly dependent on electronic aids and had poor fundamentals. This was a problem in the military when GPS was new. Leadership lost basic navigation skills and relied on GPS. But when the batteries died they were lost. Similar to scuba diving where computers replace dive planning skills. My computer can fully plan a multi gas, decompression technical dive, which is a whole series of intensive courses and training dives to get certified for. But I theoretically could skip all that and just let my computer figure it out. We still teach the old dive tables and square profile planning, but to be honest most people will never use that knowledge. Same with navigation, we teach the basics but most divers are tourists relying on following a guide. People will have a $3000 underwater camera but not a $50 compass.

I love her

Anyone know of a place in Michigan where I could do something similar

The podcast I needed to hear. Thank you

I have been watching your videos and giving a lot of helpful information. Thanks for doing that. I am in Las Angeles and really serious about getting my license. However, I was thinking the same, not getting CFI or CFII because I know I am not that type of person to teach someone. I think it is saving time and money too. I also have a question is about What type of instructor i should work with a young man who follows to get APL or an old man who has already achieved his goal? Sometimes I am thinking a young person who want to achive his goal might not be good for teaching because they need hours to be Airplane pilot.

Hey I’m based out of Cincinnati, work at cvg I wanna be a pilot but I’m not going to lie it’s ranked like 2nd most dangerous job or something I would love the job but I do love my life how do I get over this or what is the statistic of death or how can I prevent it

Atp is ridiculous stay away from over priced find small independent

I always used to complain about how much I need to lower the seat every time I get into a 172 after someone else would fly lol. My instructor once told me about half his students needed a pillow/booster to make it work. Apparently it’s extremely common, so no shame there.

First off I cant say I was having the greatest day today, but then I was like oh a new video is out. To then realize in the intro holy smokes thats my question! I really appreciate you guys for taking the time out to answer my questions! This I think honestly was exactly what I needed to hear. I didnt even realize that yes it probably makes sense that a big part was I went in with confidence and that was swept away but the fact that you guys draw so many similarities to my story is very eye opening as well. I have been flying in microsoft flight simulator while working on my ground school and through that Ive gotten much more comfortable with controls. I will have to possibly consider looking into a school with a piper as well and see if I go for a flight and prefer that. Thank you guys so much and will definitely keep you guys updated as time goes on.

Shazam? This doesn’t sound anything like Shaq!

I was a Civil Air Patrol cadet as a youngster and got air sick during an orientation flight. Then as an adult I paid for a discovery flight for my daughter and got sick in the plane. I thought I could never become a pilot because of the motion sickness. I decided to try anyway, and other than a slight queasiness during my first flight and then a headache after each subsequent flight for a few months, I am completely over motion sickness. Even during maneuvers and when I'm under the hood I don't get sick. I would encourage anyone who has experienced motion sickness not to give up on becoming a pilot.

My first flight lesson, my instructor wanted to show me a "no flaps landing" in a 180hp 172 (fixed gear). He floated halfway down a 4000ft runway and nearly ran us off the end before leaving 30 ft skid marks from locking up the mains before barely stopping about 10 feet from the end of the runway. I almost quit after that flight, but I stuck with it and became an airline pilot about 5 years later.

Terribly?

I find that the students the come in thinking they know a lot, but are humbled after the first lesson are the easy ones. The difficult students are the ones that after a few lessons still think they know it all. I also agree that the 172 (and 182 for that matter) seat is too low for most people under 6 ft tall. I'm 5' 10" and need it all the way up to get a comfortable sight picture. For people that are shorter, a booster or a cushion can make a world of difference.

I’m 5’7” and I have to put the seat full up and forward in the 172S. Any shorter and I’d need a booster lol.

I took my 1st flight and honestly was terrified and really made me think twice. But I can't stop thinking about it . I'm ready to continue my venture

I don’t understand why everyone is being so critical of the AI. Who cares? People are such divas. They were transparent about what it was and why they did it.

What about reckless driving?

I’m only commenting because I’m seeing the negative feedback on the AI voice question lol. That was a great idea of utilizing AI for the question. Good work guys.

Thank you! My son 16 and taking into flight next Saturday. Hope it will go well, but I’m worried if it’s too soon to put kid into plane

If the AI voice reading a question is all you guys took away from this video, then maybe this is not the channel for you.

Great video guys. I had a similar experience on my discovery flight. Went in thinking I knew a lot, and should understand the basics at least, but when the propeller started spinning, I was thrown into a new world and didn't know right from left. One thing I also clearly remember was holding tightly onto the yoke as I was turning to make sure I don't fall out of the plane. Also, great use of AI, ignore the haters below. Pilots gotta keep their eyes safe. I frequently use AI voice to listen to stuff so I don't have to stare at a screen for longer than needed. The content of the question and the content of your video is more important.

WTF? AI questions?? lol.. unsub.. what a joke..

I get it, great episode. But not a fan of the AI voice at all. Would def prefer you to just read it. Thank you!

That gray hair will be a benefit on the job

The last podcast you uploaded isn’t working, audio is just nothing. Guess I’ll have to watch the YT. Video 😂

I've always wanted a king aire. Just found you guys channel and I'm looking to get my training hopefully next year. Thx for all the great information.

Great episode , thanks!

Dont do it….

great video fellas, i highly recommend you do a follow up with him once hes flying with skywest