My First Time Flying A Jet - Boeing 737 Base Training

Recently I passed my Boeing 737 type rating skill test and today is a very special day. I'll be flying the Base training at Shannon (EINN/SNN) airport in Ireland - my first time at the controls of the real aircraft. The plan is to perform 5 touch and goes, one go around and a full stop landing under the supervision of an experienced captain and safety pilot. It's quite a surreal feeling sitting in the right seat rolling onto the runway for the first time - but I was mainly really excited to finally be able to fullfill my dream. Many hours of studying and lots of simulator sessions have all led to this moment. After a short wait we received our take off clearance - and "I have control".
The 737 handles beautifully, I really enjoyed my time at the controls - it's a very rewarding aircraft to fly. But that's it for now, next up is flying with passengers during line training, see you on board!
Thanks for watching, and if you have any feedback or questions, just let me know!
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Camera: Peter McGarry / Courtyard Productions, Limerick
Produced by Jonathan Felber.
Intro - 0:00
First Take-Off - 0:54
Touch and Goes - 1:52
Go Around - 5:24
Landing - 5:58
Outro - 6:36

[@fingerhorn4]

Well that destroys the myth that Ryanair pilots do hard landings. 5 excellent touchdowns. Congratulations.

[@PilotJonathan]

Haha, thank you very much!

[@troe2339]

I totally agree. And even in somewhat rainy and gray conditions too

[@wisehat_yt]

and now, he needs to do hard landings in order to pass with ryanair. lmao

[@martinpawley647]

It takes great skill and ability to handle a multi- million pound machine like the Boeing.

[@owainstravels3381]

They definitely do, though! 😂

[@mumblic]

Great to see new pilots get immediately 5 landings and take offs. Practice is everything.

[@PilotJonathan]

It definitely is!

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

Hi Jonathan. Peter here if this is the footage I shot then I was so happy to be of help to you.

[@PilotJonathan]

Hi, it sure is - thanks again for the help!

[@Warofans]

Thnks for the amazing footage peter

[@donaldwatson554]

Those landings were top notch, I can’t believe this was your first time flying a full size aircraft, I know you were in the simulator but wow!

[@chrislocke3113]

Smoothest Ryanair landing I've ever seen.

[@Ticketyblue]

They say no two landings are the same but you’re showing great consistency there, especially on your first outing. An experience you’ll never forget throughout your flying career! You greased that full-stop landing in particular. Even the most experienced pilot would be proud of that one. Well done!

[@PilotJonathan]

Cheers, thank you!

[@yanethicks1828]

Well done Pilot Jonathan 🎉

[@massimozamponi8158]

Well done! Congratulations!🎉

[@peterc.1618]

Don't forget that all the landings were at the same airport in a very short space of time so the conditions would probably have been close to identical each time. Still very well executed.

[@SuperSuperAllons93]

Congratulations Jonathan - I'm a train driver and I'll never forget the first time I drove on the mainline for the first time. All that hard work in the classroom becomes so worth it and the novelty never wears off.

[@tristantriton8115]

Congratulations and don’t forget to keep the legacy of hard landings going!

[@Flying_Shamrock]

Shannon is my local airport i watch the patterns all the time thanks for the insight!

[@vladandlaika]

Congratulations sir! I am inspired by people who follow their dream like you. Thank you for including me on your journey.

[@PilotJonathan]

Thank you for watching!

[@nikoskoutalidis3594]

Feeling proud for someone I've never met is such a profound feeling. Good job mate.

[@BrianMcCann421]

I hate this stupid myth that some Airlines have better pilots than others. The training is the same for every airline and pilot. These guys are trained to an extremely high level and are very professional people. As far as I am concerned they deserve every penny they get and in a lot of cases deserve a lot more. Great video 👍

[@SC-dp1gv]

No, training is not the same, there different trainings and programs, nor hiring minimums. Ryanair, you get hired with 250 hours of small prop, that’s it, southwest you need at least 1500 hours of which 500 in a fixed wing turbine aircraft but realistically you are competitive only around 3000 hours total time and 1000 hours turbine. No airlines are not all the same

[@BrianMcCann421]

@@SC-dp1gv each type rating requires a minimum standard to be reached in both hours and proficiency. That’s the point I was making

[@SC-dp1gv]

@@BrianMcCann421 the point that I'm making is that for example aqp training is completely different from a standard initial, so yes we need to show proficiency, how many options we have to reach proficiency and how that proficiency could be reached is completely different. If you have two shots to do a maneuver correctly or if you have almost indefinite attempts to make it makes a huge difference, there are easier trainings than others, and I don't wanna open the can of worms of the so called "just checking boxes trainings"...oh dei hirings and all that shxxt

[@jamieford3812]

Obviously some airlines have better pilots than others. Guy i know was the last RAF slingshot takeoff and had completed thousand of hours before even considering commercial, tbh hes actually put me off flying with some of the green pilot stories he has told me

[@Jummus-pe5wi]

I’m a 17 year old in flight training in New Zealand. I’m also a flight instructor so i can bring my hours up and get into airlines easier. My dream is to fly Qantas future A350-1000s. It’s so cool to see you finally in a jet after all of your flight training, tests and exams well done you earned it❤👍I’ve watched your channel for 2 years now ❤

[@shivdesai5775]

Oh man my dream is the singapore airlines a 350

[@shivdesai5775]

But im in Australia currently.

[@user-wz2qe2pv6r]

My goodness those landings were very good for first time? Impressive...The EJ guy on the TV show couldnt get it so quick. Amazing.

[@PilotJonathan]

Haha thank you!

[@Angurioo]

Hello! Former Ryanair cabin crew here, based in Stansted

[@adrienrichardson6253]

Bravo !! Well done. I remember my Dad driving me to the airport, as I was too young to drive in 1972 for flying lessons. 8 British pounds an hour back then to fly a C150 with Instructor. !!....simply wonderful ! I am so glad for you.

[@GharacDurac]

Dritter Streifen incoming :D Klasse Landungen Jonfel. Gratulation und viele schöne Stunden auf dem Muster.

[@PilotJonathan]

Vielen Dank!

[@itsme-sn5gi]

Great time for aspiring pilots! Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and British Airways have all recently been recruiting cadets😊

[@amfwelsh]

It’s always a fantastic feeling when all your hard work has paid off. You will be a great first officer and future captain

[@benpatana7664]

Fantastic. So happy for you to have come this far! Well done. And so cool to have had all your handy work captured on video for future posterity.

[@askiff1415]

I vividly recall my son doing these at EMA in 2014. He loved it, got his command in 2017/18 and is still with the company. Ryanair is one of the best to work for because they are incredibly financially stable.

[@jonhall9000]

@askiff1415 They’re financially stable because they fleece their passengers.

[@askiff1415]

@@jonhall9000 that’s hilarious. Their low cost ticket prices can hardly be seen as ‘fleecing’ unless your so financially tight you walk everywhere. They led the way in Europe for ULCC’s

[@jonhall9000]

@@askiff1415 Just an opinion, that’s all.

[@askiff1415]

@@jonhall9000 consider their financially stability, consider their financial growth metrics and finally and perhaps more telling is consider their passenger growth numbers and seat occupancy per flight. They carry more passenger per year than almost any airline in the world and certainly in Europe. The numbers are world class and way ahead of any other airline. Some may think these are impossible to achieve if as you believe they fleece their customers. A Company in a free market economy that consistently fleece as you describe don’t exist in business for very long.

[@jonhall9000]

@@askiff1415 My comment was purely based on my own experiences with RyanAir. Sure, they cater for the ‘cheap holiday’ brigade, but fall well short for business travel. I have, and always will happily pay double to use another carrier.

[@emilmay33]

Congrats! I had my base training on the A320 in January, it’s something no pilot will ever forget

[@Caitlin.Abigail]

Congratulations! Jonathan, I’m very happy for you 😁

[@cryptoslackerrob-464]

Congratulations 🎊 👏 Enjoyed watching the touch and goes. You could see the landings getting smoother after each one.

[@markfortuin7111]

Congratulations! I think your future passengers will be in good hands. 🥂

[@PilotJonathan]

Thank you!

[@ukaszs6748]

Congratulations! Jonathan, I’m very happy for you . Good Job

[@adrianellis6902]

Wonderful video, wonderful pilot, thanks for sharing, may you have a super career and 100s of flights. Dedication and hard as you say you must be very proud I tip my hat Sir, happy landings, take care.

[@troe2339]

Very well done on the landings! It's been great to follow the story from the beginning when you were still doing ground school and now you're managing to land a "big" commercial jet. Congrats!

[@MyPropertyChannel]

You'll never be a Ryanair pilot, far too smooth! In all seriousness, you did incredibly well for your first time in a real aircraft. Well done

[@aerofun918]

Congratulations Jonathan! Safe flights! ✈️🙌🏾

[@edjarrett3164]

Great at of all your landings. Your number 4&5 landings were spot on. Many times flying into Shannon. Probably the most hospitable and professional ground handlers ever even during winter storms.

[@offroadell]

Well done young man, you are and you should be proud of yourself. I wish you the very best. 👍

[@liquidsnow1]

Congrats, i remember my first flight back in the 90s ... on the 737-200 ... amazing feeling. -Your next goal, the left seat!👌👌👌

[@ronano]

Nicely done! Wishing you many happy landings.

[@izu_.n]

Congrats! Very nice of you to share your journey from flight school all the way to this point. Need more people like you! Really greased those landings.

[@PilotJonathan]

Thank you very much!

[@darealpoopy3580]

An absolutely beautiful moment for you, can't believe how surreal it must have felt - keep it up, amazing work!

[@Falcone737]

Congratulations man , you're a lucky guy!, beautiful touchdowns man.

[@VNAV_PTH]

Wow, you were amazing! Thank you so much for bringing us with you on this epic step in your career! Wish you all the best! ❤

[@laustinspace5838]

Major milestone passed ! Congrats !!

[@GERMAN_A320GUY]

Congrat! Nice Landing and takeoffs wish you a nice time on the B737

[@adeyoutube-qd3oi]

Congratulations, I remember when my son was doing his base training back in 2014 in a A320 at Doncaster. All the very best with your career. Great landings

[@BernardoLizcano]

Good, good landings. Very smooth ones. Congratulations and good luck in your airlines career.

[@gerardleahy6946]

Congratulations and well done. Wishing you many safe and enjoyable flying hours.

[@MVPaneeVino]

What everyone else said...great landings and smooth takeoffs too. You are a natural. .

[@FunkyOnTheTop]

This is extremely cool to see someone so young being able to handle a whole B737 like it's an every day drive! It really give's me that extra boost of motivation to carry on with my studies and get perfect grade's at school to therefore move on into flight school. Keep doing what your doing because it's great!

[@normabarnes4930]

That was very impressive, hope you enjoy your future career!

[@aidandflanagan]

Excellent flying and a pleasure to watch, hope you have a safe and full filling career

[@shane_hagan]

Absolutely fantastic, nice circuits and landings Jonathan. Great video capturing too 👏

[@PoortoPilot]

This was so inspiring to watch - thank you Jonathan!

[@papabear6860]

Well done sir and congratulations on following your dreams.

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

Well done Jonathan...great future ahead of you.

[@arsenalfeet]

Congratulations Jonathan, all the best to you in your new career

[@jlnrt]

Congratulation Jonathan, what an accomplishment to see you there in a 737. All the best

[@jamesnoonan7450]

It's amazing that you got to capture this moment on film to look back on throughout your career.

[@davidallard8907]

Great video. Limited commentary. No thumpy thump music and super landings! Well done!

[@RYNT1157]

Best of luck and safe flying to you 👍👍 whatever about the time fly safe . Shannon has a long runway ideal for touch and go.

[@alexbremner8361]

Cngratulations. Great effort. Those landings looked stellar.

[@Ernwaldo]

Great stuff. As someone who only ever flew single Piston engine A/C, your landings seemed quite impressive. Your ground school & sim sessions obviously paid off. Not sure if it was someone with the airline or a friend/family member that stood outside in the weather to film this, but it’s so cool you have the footage. Kudos to them, as well. Safe flying!

[@fireflyrobert]

Well done and nice accurate landings too, it's a big step in any pilot's career. I recall going from the Beechcraft Baron to the Boeing 707 in 1971 before we had the quality simulators which we have today - good game! We did a lot more on the aircraft base training including dutch roll recovery and mach tuck.

[@JohnDoe-sg1pd]

It has been fun watching your progress

[@scotty6346]

Well done Fella, It must have been a lot of pressure on you having an experienced 737 captain and a safety pilot watching your every move! And your full stop landing was super greased! Congrats, Subbed and liked and look forward to more of your 737 adventures 👌

[@yams900]

You've done well mate, congratulations !

[@grahambarber5494]

5 cracking landings, absolutely superb. I bet you felt 10 feet tall! Well done.

[@fieldsman3307]

Well done Jonathan you have made a great start , a long hard journey to get there but there's no other job like it.

[@jernejfunkl8300]

Very nice and smooth landings. Keep up the good work :) Congratulations !

[@atuhaisederrick]

Congratulations and best of luck going forward. Wishing you happy takeoffs and landings

[@PilotJonathan]

Thank you very much!

[@freefallu]

Congratulations on achieving your dream. Nice landings too !

[@stephenludlum9746]

Congratulations on your first flight. You did fantastic.

[@adiaprog5787]

My god, that was very damn good! Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very nice landing! Good luck to you. Happy flying!!

[@PatrickBijvoet]

Whow, new sub from The Netherlands. I really enjoyed your video. Thanks for taking us along!

[@hughofIreland]

Congratulations!! What a great video. I can tell the training is going well as I’m hearing west-of-Ireland seep in to your accent.

[@PilotJonathan]

Thank you! 😂

[@mamatodd4638]

Ur landings were spot on well done pilot Johnathon.

[@pilotho]

Well done mate, I did my Ryanair base training back in 2010 at EMA, how time has flown! Ryanair is a very good place to get your career started and looks like you're nailing those landings already.

[@PilotJonathan]

Cheers, thank you! Looking forward to flying on the line!

[@pilotho]

@@PilotJonathan Where are you doing line training?

[@PilotJonathan]

@pilotho Don't know yet

[@Tianton1]

@@pilotho If i was a betting man I'd say DUB or STN

[@pilotho]

I did mine in LTN, so you never know. It was a great base.

[@joansmith8215]

Well done 👍 Very impressive. All the best for the future in your chosen career.

[@RevNicholasJonsson]

well done Sir! Your family are surely very proud of your achievement. Good luck for the future 👍🏼

[@timofelber]

We are!

[@Lfkoda]

Well done! Best of luck your landings are impressive!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@robdotcom71]

Well done. That must be quite a buzz.... must be quite a step up from doing circuits in a 172. Congrats and you've earned yourself another Sub. Keep up the good work and happy flying.

[@camstewart4567]

Well done young man great landings and take offs

[@warren6891]

Congratulations 👍 hope the rest of training go so well.

[@conradtheart1715]

Well done dude! Looking forward to following your career.

[@Djr67]

Well done Jonathan, beautiful work.

[@LEO-hl6jd]

Congratulations mate on achieving your dreams and good luck

[@dianebrailsford4700]

Wow Jonathan, congratulations and well done. We always fly ryanair. Looks like you will do a great job. Good luck 🍀😊

[@billyfitzgeraldjnr4441]

Hope you enjoy the career ahead . Safe travels ✈️

[@ukweatheroutlook]

You’re too good for Ryanair, those wheels kissed the ground every time! Bravo! 👏🏼

[@Gerste1954isBACK]

Wow amazing video. Just saw a bit more then 7 minutes but i will call this video an inspiration for me. I will start to prepare my application for pilot assessment soon. Your video is motivating me even more. Best of luck on the Line Training and greetings from BER! Keep it goin :)

[@proudveteran4696]

Congratulations young man, you’re on your way to a great career

[@MiguelAngel-oj3pr]

Congratulations Jonathan ill see you somewhere in the network 🎉

[@PilotJonathan]

Thank you!

[@BobbyTheFarmer]

5 Lovely landings Johnathan. Congratulations

[@VladAkimov]

Congratulations! This is fantastic!!

[@muhluleri_edits]

I have been watching ur videos ❤for a long time, its great that i see your dreams come true. This inspires me to work hard and be a pilot myself, much love❤

[@Simple-Flight-Simulation]

Well done Sir!!! You have done your family proud 😄 Good luck with the rest of your training... with such a good start you'll come through in grand style!! 👍🏼

[@tonybeam]

Congratulations! What a brilliant video. I’m now following your channel.

[@marcot1683]

Amazing. Well done Jonathan!

[@nicholasdavies6264]

Well done ! All the best in your future career 👍

[@flightdeck2sim]

Congratulations Jonathan and good luck with your Line Training 🙂

[@PilotJonathan]

Cheers thank you! 😁

[@donaldthomas1963]

Bravo!!!!! if I had not known better I would have thought you were a seasoned pilot, congrats job well done

[@TeezyThaKidd]

proper butter landings! onward and upward. congratulations!

[@draganivanovic6047]

Congratulations Jonathan, I wish you many, many happppy landings 👍

[@PilotJonathan]

Thank you very much!

[@philwashington4127]

Well done - super landings to watch.