I'm almost done with my commercial so I obviously want an aggressive hiring market with that said who knows what will actually be going on by the time I actually apply

Yeah it’s over, it’s going to be a struggle to get that first job. Back to the days of 3000 hrs before you get into a jet☹️

Before PTS and GPS we had Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche. I taught in a 7AC Champ that rented for $3.00 per hour wet. We had more incidents and accidents but the same number of fatalities. Airman Certification Standards are far less effective total energy management. Ground effect was 50% of my total energy available midday in summer at Monte Vista Colorado 7600' where I taught in the Cessna 140. Without me Army and several under $10,000 airplanes including a Stearman crop duster, I wouldn't have been able to afford to be a crop duster and pipeline patrol pilot for fifty years. I quit teaching in tailwheel airplanes when owners began expecting me to save the expensive airplane over teaching them how to fly it. I teach dynamic proactive rudder movement, walking the rudder pedals constantly on short final, flair, touchdown, roll out, and taxi to nail/bracket the centerline between our legs. That technique cannot be taught while riding the controls. In the cheap and easy to rebuild airplanes, I would let a lazy footed student ground loop after rolling fifty feet or so. I also taught arriving at ground level in three point attitude all slowed up and ready to squat as Wolfgang says the experienced pilot does in his "stall down" landing. Read Stick and Rudder, get a twenty thousand dollar beater, get a really old crop duster instructor, and learn to fly rather than learn personal minimums. Have more incidents and accidents but fewer fatalities.

#notshocked.

I'm supposed to trust this _________ with flight training? He was having trouble delivering the script that Ai generated for him, and he never once questioned the validity of any of the crazy statements. I'd fly with Blanco in his 1946 Piper before I flew with this guy in a 2024 glass cockpit.

As a ex fighter pilot, high time ATP, A&P, and IA, this video gets my vote for the most worthless aviation video on KZbin.

Panic stricken is this guy spreading fear. I have to be nice about it.

Your statements are flawed. There is absolutely no evidence that newer airplanes with modern automation technology will not kill any pilots. Prove me wrong on that. Have a look at automation dependency for instance. That can greatly hinder situational awareness and make a pilot not able to handle icing and turbulent conditions. Others before me have already commented about this and I absolutely agree with them. Also tell me how and why CFIs with thousands of hours in a 1960 C172N and PA28 are being hired by regionals in 2024? If you can't answer this, then this still shows your statements are flawed.

Your an ID10T. I have worked on aircraft manufactured in the 1930s that are in better condition than your brain.

in my beautifully restored 1946 Piper Cub...good grief.

I've only got 7.5 hours and I know this is clearly false. The FAA makes it mandatory that aircraft pass an airworthiness certificate. Also parts are required to be overhauled when they reach a certain number of hours. There is nothing unsafe about Cessna 152 from the 1970s so long as it has been taken care of. Modern aircraft may be safer, but they are much more expensive to buy or rent. And we all know how expensive it is just to get your private pilot license.

The comments are mostly overly harsh. Im a non pilot. My drives and proficiencies and career are in engineering. I have good foiled technical skills, and a string capacity for thinking out of the box in a discipline where mistakes aren’t going to get anyone killed. But I don’t have the mindset of a pilot: that requires strict adherence to procedure. So as much as I love aerodynamics and the physics of flight, I’m not likely to get a pilot license. Just identifying and respecting limitations. Personally, I’ve pretty much decided not to even ride in a light GA plane. Too much can go wrong. And few GA plane owners have the means to fully maintain them. On the other hand, I relish flying as passenger on a major airline. There’s a world of difference in maintenance, pilot skill and judgment, and ATC involvement.

I fly a 1971 Cessna 150L, and I’ve added every safety related PMA/STC, made it IFR certified, replaced vacuum instrumentation with glass (2 Garmin G5s), and am having a Trio Pro Pilot installed this month. Eventually, I plan to have the G5s replaced with a PFD; so I’ll own, probably, the only 150 TAA on Earth.

This clown and his peers would make the right bunch to start a moon colony with...

A year ago I was hired on the 1900 freighter with 650 hours. Company hired 250 hour FOs. Was eligible for captain upgrade 4-5 months later. Now starting on the 737 with 1100 hours. Some sectors like leisure is slowing, cargo is recovering. Plane delays are temporary, companies are looking for alternatives. 2025 might be slow but 2026 I estimate will be a scramble again. Keep studying, logging any kind of hours and get your ATPL exams written as early as possible. Spend the time to prepare for interviews and sim evals. People are still showing up to airline interviews thinking they can wing it because they have thousands of hours and are getting passed over by less experienced pilots. Good luck!

I logged 360 hours on the Antonov An-2 as a PIC. But I see no significant difference in safety between an An-2 built in Poland in 1990 and a Cessna 172N built in Kansas in 1978, which I used as a primary trainer for my PPL and CPL. Both aircraft may have a long lifespan of their airframe. Everything else is just maintenance. And operating cost, of course... 😂

Where did he get that shirt? Those pockets are huge!

This guy calls himself a pilot 😂 someone please revoke this guys certificate! What a joke!

That eliminates almost every accessible aircraft. Just make sure it is well maintained and do your pre-flight. What a nag.

Probably one of the stupidest videos I’ve ever seen here. Has no idea what he’s talking about.

Good concept for a video but the intro was 1:11 long.

He is just showing the difference between a Old School Pilot that can FLY and an todays aircraft operator that needs automation to do it. 38 years as a professional pilot and I see this frequently from the new hires.

Interesting.

My guess is there was NO research done here, like NONE. You do know that vintage planes are in probably better and safer condition than your average rental right? You know how many people are killed by automation? Learn stick and rudder skills in a cub with little no gauges and you will never forget how to fly, even when your electronics crap out.

This guy is a clown.

Wait....What??....What?....If this dude is your instructor.....RUN!

My own plane is from 1973! 😱 I'm a dead man... 😔 But hey, nice sunglasses! 😬👍

He's probably a Cirrus pilot, opinion invalid

We are supposed to take a pilot in white framed suglasses seriously???

Fear mongering at its best. There is no aircraft built today, that can't kill you and won't try. If YOU the pilot give it the chance, it bites! I flew professionally for 52 years, no major incidents. Accidents are a caused occurrence, professional pilots are trained to recognize a thereat to safety and react to the threat properly. By the way the new light aircraft have lots of bells and whistles on them. Do not get wrapped up in the teck, especially if you are VFR. Old aircraft that are well maintained are safe to fly, the pilot has to be proficient on type.

Is this guy for real?? Old planes get more expensive, not more unsafe. Follow AMM and tech pubs! Sheesh.

There's so much wrong with this video it's hard to pick just a few points to argue. You claim that new airplanes are safer than old ones, but your business is flying LSAs, which actually have a higher accident rate than type-certificated aircraft, so the whole premise of the video is false. You'd have done much better to show the usual old beater 172s instead of nice Stearmans and AN-2s. As if you could even build time in those airplanes. No one's done that for at least 75 years.

Take it easy Mary........it's called maintenance.

I doubt anyone is ignorant to the fact flying an old plane is more dangerous than a new one... but people do just like old planes, like old cars and boats.

Definitely not over. I fly cargo and we lost many FOs that we are still short. We are just slowing down because the majors have slowed down.

What if your aircraft is an antique with no HOBBS. But does have a tach….

What airplanes are you using? Unfamiliar with LSA. Thank you.

What is the cost?

Please tell us about the TL Sparker. Thank you.

You can get quite the boat for the cost of this thing. AC/Stabilizer/Cabin/ 3 600 HP Mercs, etc. Plus, it's pretty hard to kill yourself with a boat.

1:00 'Knots' is spelled "knots", not "notch". Very unprofessional.

Great program, just wish there were similar programs like this in Australia as I really want to build time, through block hours.

😥 Promo'SM

wait! Wasn't this the co-pilot on the last video?

Its like a flying vacation. This is such a cool idea once i get my ppl im going to have to check it out.

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from what I've seen in the ads, you sleep with your clothes on, need lots of tattoos, get to fly with smoking hot chicks and since money is not ever mentioned, it must be FREE ! !

Please produce & post a video about some pilots that have gone thru the the Odyssey time building program and been hired by Regional Airlines within 3 months of finishing the Odyssey hour building program! Also, does Odyssey work with other local flight schools to help students earn their Commercial and Multi-Engine certificates as well as the ATP ground school?

I'd rather see a video of someone that went thru the "program" and got a Regional Airline job within 3 months of finishing the Odyssey hour building program!

All of that for a hundred hours. You could get 100 hours as a cfi in a month. How long did it take to get that hundred? Video is worthless.