Flight Deck Views, Pilot Headquarters, Behind the Scenes: Pilot Vlog

[@kayleebeare]

Happy belated birthday Pete! Hope you enjoyed it and got some well deserved rest. Thanks for always taking us along!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks you!

[@Mauiman-w4k]

Early morning workouts are the best. When you are done you feel invigorated and ready to face the day!!

[@pilotpetefly]

Agreed, need to really get better at doing this

[@Mauiman-w4k]

@@pilotpetefly I was not saying that you should work out in the morning, you are really good at working out no matter where you are, if I was being negative I apologize, I was just saying that it can be positive and while it works for me it is not for everyone. I admire your passion both for flying and for staying fit. Do what works best for you.

[@christianbeysens]

the best! ❤

[@teewhy1078]

Was yelling at my phone “Theyre called winglets!!!!” Im glad u corrected 😂😂

[@James316wu]

Happy belated Birthday! I wanna be a pilot one day and your videos are just so fun to watch and it teaches me so much about the BTS of being a pilot! Sundays is one of my favorite days because that means Pilot Pete posted a new video!

[@pilotpetefly]

Hey thanks! And you got this!

[@DavidRich-s2n]

Happy Birthday! Wish you the best on the NYC Marathon!!

[@DavidRich-s2n]

Also, make sure you take care of Sonya!!! You and her look great together!!!!

[@drummerboy1545]

I'm a new subscriber enjoying your videos! This took me back to when I was fueling air planes at a small airport in Bloomington Illinois! From there I wanted to know more on being a pilot! And after my first flight I was hooked even more but, the cost of schooling had me change my mind! So I got into auto cad to get in the industry! I'm loving it just as much as my first love of flying which has become my second love!

[@SONIA_HORTON]

You’re my favorite cook! Thank you for all the yummy meals. PS. That yoga mat was an amazing gift!

[@pilotpetefly]

Chef boy r d

[@jgoldfarb3]

Just started watching, Happy Belated Birthday 🎂 ✈️such great info for anyone interested in becoming a Pilot😍your dinner looks good & homemade Pasta🙌👍🙌

[@pilotpetefly]

Appreciate it! Always fun sharing!

[@flyawaypumpkin]

Happy birthday Peter - Really enjoy your vlogs and your motivation . You are a inspiration to us all !!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks so much!

[@robmcgvt730]

Happy Belated Birthday

[@chrisbalog]

Great vlog! Sonya hooked ya up for bday fun pasta a nd balloons. Great sky views! Take cake y'all 🛩️

[@pilotpetefly]

She really did!

[@IrishDave]

Look forward to these every week, nice work and thanks for the commitment to shooting, editing and sharing.

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@surlymermaid99]

Happy belated birthday Peter🥳Thanks for always brightening up my Mondays😘

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks you for watching!

[@Trace_B.]

Happy Birthday Pete!!!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Well, Happy Belated Birthday to you. 🎉🥂 I hope your trip is good!😊

[@LMays-cu2hp]

😂 Hahaha! Ypu made laugh. I kept my Birthday Cards up for a month after July. And yes, the same with us Flight Attendants passed and present rearranging our line holding flight schedules as well.😊

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@LMays-cu2hp]

@@pilotpetefly You are welcome. ☺

[@joesimeao7611]

Another great vlog thanks for sharing.... Best wishes and good health

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@keriwalsh1]

Belated happy birthday wishes from Germany 🇩🇪. Be safe bro!!

[@pilotpetefly]

Appreciate it!!

[@PeterSnyder777]

Another great vlog Pete thank you Belated Happy Birthday 🥳

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks so much

[@SONIA_HORTON]

Thanks for the shoutout birthday boyyyyy!! The white balloon has seen better days 😅

[@pilotpetefly]

❤️

[@tamaracanty5802]

Wild Beet has amazing salads!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks for the rec!

[@ryanAAL1]

Happy Birthday Pete! Enjoy the week and stay active! Have a good week!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks! You too!

[@jay3396]

Happy belated birthday Pete. Hope you had a blessed and amazing day. LOVE the content so keep it up

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you! Will do!

[@nathanlembke9026]

Happy “Belated” Birthday Pete 🎉

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you so much 😀

[@dianeschroeder3980]

Happy birthday Pete!!🎉🎊🎆 I hope you get the 777, because it’s my favorite plane!❤️✈️

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you! Me too, find out in 2 days

[@dianeschroeder3980]

@@pilotpetefly Good luck!!🍀

[@andrewruss5824]

Happy birthday man, I enjoy the vlogs as its a pretty nice insight in a day to day pilot experience as I want to be one when I am older

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks so much !

[@shawnvillelife8311]

Happy late birthday, bro hope you have a interesting flight

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@shawnvillelife8311]

@@pilotpetefly your welcome

[@kathrynaraguz4816]

LOL aerodynamic.. happy birthday man!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks!

[@melissamitchell3901]

Happy Belated Birthday!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!!

[@laurenwybacz1479]

Cool I love it too

[@skammer2007]

Happy Happy!!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks!

[@beltonfields2311]

Happy Birthday my brother! Hope you had a great one 🍻. I hope you had a great trip and enjoy your week

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks! You too!

[@im_not_mad]

Maybe the new company that got the mail contract will need some pilots, and they have the wing tips. Happy Birthday 🎈

[@pilotpetefly]

Haha true! Thank you!

[@TheChrisVuitton23]

Nooo, Pete!! That’s definitely not how you cook pasta! 😂🍝 Don’t let the Asian chef turn your Italian dish into a culinary adventure gone wrong! 🤣 Stick to what you do best-grilling those legendary steaks 🥩🔥👌 Pasta can wait, but the steak… perfection! 😎✈️

[@pilotpetefly]

Haha steak for next time for sure Chris!

[@FsnGoldandSilver]

Happy Birthday Pete. I am going to work out today even though I don’t feel like it because it is non-negotiable!

[@pilotpetefly]

Hahah let’s go! Thank you!

[@allangamble1266]

Wild Beet Salad Company has a little bit of everything. Corner of Poplar and Kirby. Houston’s is a bit pricy but food is outstanding.

[@pilotpetefly]

Going to check these out asap! Thank you

[@bbqpork2217]

Happy belated birthday Pete!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@Mohammed_Shaz]

happy birthday pilot peat🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@jag4442]

Hi Pete. City Silo, Wild Beet Salad Co, and The Salad Station in Germantown may be options for you to try food wise. (Check hours beforehand.) I've only visited City Silo so can't speak for the others. Take care. :)

[@pilotpetefly]

THANK YOU for the recs!!

[@markmeadows8838]

Happy Birthday

[@pilotpetefly]

thanks!

[@jimurquhart9466]

Enjoy your video's. Good man going to mass.🙏🇺🇸✈

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks for watching!

[@s2v8377]

I had heard FedEx was telling pilots to look at their options at other airlines. It makes sense now with losing the USPS contract. That is absolutely devastating, and I am so sorry to hear that. I hope you will be okay with your seniority. FedEx is a company that I am personally grateful to for flying important stuff for me over the years and always getting it there on time. Wishing you the best.

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks! We shall see. Control the controllables

[@belindaalonso3318]

😊😊😊 Happy birthday 🎉

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@hawk4174]

That UPS in DEN most likely was SDF bound but also ONT or RFD bound seeing ONT/RFD are UPS Hubs.

[@pilotpetefly]

Yep that’s what I figured too

[@lawrenceakini4981]

Happy belated Birthday! 🎂🎁🎈🎉M🍕

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!

[@Agent-alberto]

Happy birthday peat🎉

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks !

[@mysho6317]

Happy B-Day Pete🎂🎉. "Control the Controllables" per Greg Harden Speaker / author Staying Sane in an Insane World

[@pilotpetefly]

Thabks! Yep, great advice!

[@ronaldb2326]

Hi Pete, love your vlogs. I work as a ramp officer in AMS but I wonder what those two hoses are near the nose gear in MEM at the beginning of this vlog. I recognise the gpu hose, but I don’t t know what the other 2 hoses are, can you please explain, thanks so much and happy birthday…….Ron from AMS

[@pilotpetefly]

Hey Ron! Most likely you’re talking about the air conditioning cart. MX hooks it up when it’s hot and provides some cool air into the cockpit. Then there are the gpu which you know, and then tether tie downs

[@ronaldb2326]

@@pilotpetefly thanks for your quick reply, it makes sense. Keep posting your great vlogs…..that is non negotiable.

[@mattwas2896]

Happy Birthday… mine is 10/18…..lets go Libra 💪

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks, HBD!!

[@mattwas2896]

@@pilotpetefly thanks

[@hellhound9670]

Happy late birthday!

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!!

[@matthewhughes817]

Just wondering what u choose the company ur flying with now? What made u go with cargo not with passengers company?

[@pilotpetefly]

I used to fly for a legacy pax carrier. There are pros and cons to every airline and company. I picked the one I’m at bc it fit me the best at the time

[@MichaelMoldovan3]

Happy birthday!! Have a blessed one! Also I had a question. I’m currently in between PPL and IFR. I haven’t went to school since May because up until PPL I’ve been paying directly. But IFR till CFI I know will cost $50K+ whether it’s 61 or 141. What did you do to become a pilot? It would mean a lot for you to answer this. I just feel a bit stuck right now tbh.

[@pilotpetefly]

Thanks! I went to ASU and yes got all my ratings. If you’re goal is to become an airline pilot, then yes, you’ll have to do all of that (minus CFI)

[@ToothlesstheNightFury510]

Pete, how big is the SFO hub operations? I don’t see many planes fly out of there and only the tiny 757s

[@pilotpetefly]

Not very big, OAK is our big hub ops in the Bay Area

[@ToothlesstheNightFury510]

@@pilotpetefly I worked as a Package handler and PH Trainer for FDX Ground in the Oakland 946 station, for 2.75 years but I just got my new job at the airport. We had a San Leandro substation that was even smaller than ours which didn’t make sense after much of our freight moved to the newer building in Richmond(which is why I ended up leaving cuz of less freight/hours). It would be cool if they expanded operations at the OAK airport to include the former ground network since they’ve “merged” and have a consolidated footprint, but alas neither of us make those decisions 😅.

[@allankawakami]

Happy Birthday 🎊🎂 honest 7.8 😂

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you!!

[@jakenzilewis]

I think you should try icon meals they deliver high protein meals to your house and they are pretty good

[@pilotpetefly]

Unfortunately i need things to eat on the road. I cook when home

[@jackhart-l5o]

Happy Belated Birthday Pete….when the plane is on the ramp and the fan blades on the engine are just barely spinning, is that just ground air passing through them?

[@pilotpetefly]

Thank you! Yep, exactly you got it

[@scottyscott9965]

What’s difference between HUB and Base? Thought PHX woulda been on the wall map.

[@pilotpetefly]

Hub is company HQ and/or where we have most of business in and out of. Base is where pilots/FAs are based and there trip starts/ends there always. I can make PHX, just place custom order!

[@chrisfeleciano-ws1ze]

Also could be winglets are very expensive like UPS’S newer 767 do not have winglets sometimes short flights. Don’t justify the cost of the winglet.

[@pilotpetefly]

Valid point

[@TB-um1xz]

​@pilotpetefly most of our winglet birds are used for crossing. Domestic bird don't because the break even point is about a 4 hour flight.

[@chrisfeleciano-ws1ze]

@@TB-um1xz I pretty much said that when I said short flights lol

[@TB-um1xz]

@@chrisfeleciano-ws1ze i believe I expanded on your comment with facts not guesses like you did lol.

[@evanr81]

Did I pick up a CitationMax ceya? Bear Down

[@pilotpetefly]

Go devils!

[@BlancaNavarro-p9q]

Wowo

[@VTT09]

What's your skincare routine Pete!?

[@pilotpetefly]

wash 2x a day. I use Caldera labs mostly

[@VTT09]

@@pilotpetefly Thank you! I have a few more steps (serum, moisturizer, etc.) in my routine. Is it practical to keep this up when I get to the airlines, or should I just give it up now? Thanks!

[@Mohammed_Shaz]

Hi! a question really bothers me if one has to know swimming compulsorily to become a Commercial Pilot. is it needed?

[@pilotpetefly]

No

[@merlin43004]

For some reason, UPS didn't put winglets on their newest 767s.

[@TB-um1xz]

It is not worth putting them on.

[@merlin43004]

Actually, increased frequency of wing inspections are required due to cracking apparently because of the increased wing flexing

[@TB-um1xz]

@@merlin43004 that's not the reason.

[@griffiths111]

Can I ask A question, Have you ever flown into London Stansted (EGSS)?

[@pilotpetefly]

I have a few times!

[@akupuppy12]

Why stubborn against the train?

[@pilotpetefly]

I’m not, love the train! It’s just hard to get to from my apartment with suitcase. And Ubers are paid for by company. But I take train all the time when I’m paying the bill

[@akupuppy12]

@pilotpetefly thanks for the reply! If you ever want a tour of Travis AFB Rapcon (Air Traffic Control Approach) when you layover in OAK, let me know! It's 5 min drive from Amtrak Station FFV

[@olaydre]

Peter Would You Buy Me A Pack Of Those On-Cor Chicken Parmigiana Patties?👍🤪

[@sellison6326]

Pasta done WRONG. With fresh made pasta you need to get the water salted and boiling, salted like the sea then put the pasta in the boiling waster for a couple of minutes. Last thing you cook. Happy Birthday🎉

[@pilotpetefly]

Chef def isn’t on my resume. So thank you! And Thank You!

[@joeydoucette2573]

My guess for no winglets was that most FedEx 767's fly domestic, therefore not worth it. Interesting nonetheless.

[@pilotpetefly]

Yep, also true

[@joeydoucette2573]

Love that you reply to these comments man👍👍. Very genuine.

[@danielterry382]

Sorry About the Loss of the USPS contract, hopefully FED-Ex will pick up another Lucrative contract. Good Luck !

[@pilotpetefly]

Me too!

[@BlancaNavarro-p9q]

🏚🏚🏚🇺🇲

[@dennismassie3552]

👋🏻KSRQ☀️🌴🇺🇸✈️

[@Skipbo000]

Are you sure there aren't security regulations that prevent you from filming at airports like you do outside, under the plane, inside controls and in passenger-restricted areas? I wonder if people are just not noticing you since you fly cargo. I'm sure if a commercial pilot was seen outside his Delta 737 on the ground filming the plane, there would be issues. By the way, i'm in love with you, your body, your life, your everything.... life has indeed been very good to pilot pete. Fly high, bro. One word of advice: Get over NYC already and get out while you still have money to save. First of all NYC is dirty as hell and i'm surprised you're not more sensitive to that. The city is so overrated, so overpriced and won't be where you want to be living in 10 years anyway. If you must be in the NYC metro area, buy yourself a house in New Jersey and stop wasting all that money.

[@DJMilo101]

DH'ing in a t'shirt??

[@pilotpetefly]

never! t shirt when you're sweating and rushing to airport. polo on flight 🫡