Path to ATP Pilot Working for the Airlines with Christy Wong (Learn to Fly) - TakingOff

[@richardrickert3138]

The CFII/MEI certificates opened so many doors for my aviation career. Got lots of experience in most of the GA planes out there. 4000 hours dual given and 14000 total. All Ga time. Full time corporate King Air with some contract work on the side. Still enjoy instructing in warrior's up through King Air's

[@ic5838]

I agreed in many respect on your conversation in taking steps to the "majors." I started flying while going to college (1973)and I thought becoming a CFI will be the way to build hours and it does. As a CFII/MEI it was a wonderful time of my life. My window of opportunities did close during de- regulation and the competitive nature of Korean and Viet military pilots being pretty much the ones to hire in the airline industry. Those that enter the military for Officer training school, than Flight Training School, earn their way to a job with the airlines once out. Of cause, in GA if you could built up 2000 hrs. in type plus get your ATP the airlines might look at you. Glad those days are gone, because today those military pilots are retired and so the window of opportunity for any one (even in your 30's) are wide open. There are more airline job openings than pilots at hand. Great informative videos. Flight technology today makes flying so much easier. I was teaching and using E6Bs to plan my trips. Additionally, social media is so helpful in this industry. Fly safe..

[@brianbarbe9646]

Thought we were going to hear more about how Christy progressed from the piston plane she did initial flight training with to jets and in between, i.e., what does it take to move up to twins, jets, how is that training done, etc. This was essentially a discussion of how to meet the total flying hours requirements. Coming from the perspective of a non pilot. Also minor gripe: I'm in the camp that having this discussion on a flight with interruptions due to traffic alerts, radio traffic, etc., was distracting. Having said all this, subscriber over a year and love the channel.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Agreed on the distractions, I can’t make it any longer.

[@horacesawyer2487]

Distractions are part of flying any aircraft, big or small. Distractions come in ANY endeavor, driving, working, thinking -- paid or unpaid, professionally or not. If you can't handle them, you aren't going to make it. Bad news: They ain't going away. More bad news: the only rules applicable to them are Murphy's Law.

[@TakingOff]

Yeah, the people complaining about talking about this on a flight actually surprised me. Pretty much most of the flying videos on this channel over four years have followed this same formula. Take off, talk about something, then land. Check out the Flying playlist. Just surprised all of a sudden its a distraction with a bunch of people. Oh well. With the next series of ITH tapings coming up, maybe I'll redo this this discussion and cover more. THanks Brian.

[@brianbarbe9646]

@@TakingOff Thanks for the reply Dan. I have enjoyed all of the flying videos. Guess I was just particularly interested in this topic and when Christy was responding to questions to create the content, she would stop mid sentence to address those pesky (!) traffic issues, radio calls, etc. Minor thing. My main issue is further review on how she trained on the various aircraft. Look forward to following more videos.

[@gordonlinder1572]

Love the channel. Please lose the fake music in the first 3 minutes. I would love to hear the ATC and other conversations during the takeoff. Thanks

[@TakingOff]

Well, its certainly not fake music. It's real music.

[@kevinclark5053]

I agree, the music detracts from the video.

[@sjaviation]

I’ve been a career mechanic for 15 years and am trying to make the change to professional pilot. I began a part 61 flight school in September, got my private Christmas Eve, and am now working on my instrument. I’m hoping to build out to CFI within a year or so!

[@ibgarrett]

Dan - the music during the takeoff process WAY overshadowed anything going on inside the cockpit… granted we all (well, I do) know the process here, but it was very distracting. I honestly thought I had a rogue audio feed coming into my headset when watching that part of the audio. That - and Christy let you fly the Wong Warrior? Wow… she must really trust you. ;)

[@TakingOff]

Yeah on purpose. The takeoff was supposed to be a montage... I left cockpit audio in there low... probably should have just removed it.

[@ibgarrett]

@@TakingOff soooo “art”. ;)

[@pilotchristy]

LOL I’ll take some airplane/flying art! 😂

[@mikeperry2814]

As a student pilot, it is frustrating to have to change instructors every time my CFI hits their 1500 hrs. and leaves to work for the airlines!!

[@kevincollins8014]

This was a very informative episode. I also loved the way Christy still managed to look for traffic and still say what she wanted to say. Thank you both for bringing us along and sharing that with us.

[@rickholman3182]

Thanks for doing this video. I have been working since before Oshkosh to establish a path for my 2 boys to become airline pilots. It is a hard thing to figure their best path. You 2 often give me things to think about for them. I really appreciate that. Its not as easy as just taking them flying.

[@TakingOff]

You bet Rick!

[@IROCZSPEED]

Working towards ATP slowly. Just passed my written PPL with a 93%. Unfortunately being a rental crane operator, I work crazy hours and getting seat time in the Cessna is proving difficult.

[@TakingOff]

COngrats!!

[@walterweigert9840]

Very nice and smooth landing at the end! In a future next episode (if so) I´d like to know a bit more about the diferent steps: i.e: fixed pitch to complex singles with retracting landig gear, to multi piston engines; turboprps, jets. Also from steam gages to cristal cockpit would be nice to hear about. A little suggestion though: please do it in your "In the hangar" set and without backround music: it´s a bit distracting. WELL DONE CHRISTY!!! As many pilots sais: it´s a dream job: you get paid to work at what you love the most. A late very Merry Christmas and a joyfull New Year to both of you and the "Taking Off" crew, as well as your familys and friends. Cheers from NE Patagonia, Argentina.

[@TakingOff]

Thanks Walter. We'll cover those topics soon in a followup. And as for that landing, I was super fast (used to the 210 speed) and ballooned it. lol.

[@Miguel9590]

I got the glasses and they are awesome. They feel very thin but strong. They are amazing. I’m starting my training in 2 months after it starts warming up. I’m so excited you guys have been very inspirational to me. I plan on using my GI bill to pay for all of my ratings up to CFII as fast as possible. Keep up the amazing videos guys

[@TakingOff]

That’s so awesome!! Let us know how you progress, we’d love to hear!

[@georgemilstead2156]

One facet that prospective ATPs must be aware of are the requirements of a 1st class medical. Good video but I have to agree the mix was a little heavy on background music.

[@jamesaron1590]

While it is competitive, there is another cool path to take to get from Comm/Multi/Instr to the R-ATP.... There are Cessna Caravan operators out there that have a special provision under 14CFR135 called an SIC development program. While the airplane nor the operation REQUIRE a second pilot, the FAA has granted the value of the experience an exception to allow the time to be logged, for some operators, like Moekele (Southern Air now?), Maker's Air and Tropic Ocean? These people fly to the islands every day and get turbine time without having to instruct to build their time. You get good cross country, real world IFR, and sometimes international experience. Night time can be a struggle. FWIW, about to head to Dallas and join the Envoy team...new strong incentives...

[@Mooney201er]

I really like your videos but unfortunately I could barely follow over the music and radio chatter. If anything deserved a studio level presentation it would have been this. It’s one thing to talk about a fun flight or your new dog, but this wasn’t the place for an in depth topic.

[@pilotchristy]

I love the responses to this! It means we need to do a better, more thorough episode in the studio. 🙌

[@petertarantelli]

It’s tough to be in a plane, in the front seat and NOT be a pilot. Good mix of plane spotting and talking to us!

[@SmittySmithsonite]

This was a great, informative video - disregard the complainers. Happy New Year, Dan & Christy!

[@sirjosefofhessen4527]

I work full time as over the road trucker under an LLC and have my trk paid for in about 3 to 3.5 more years and I'm 44 now and started my ppl with goal ATP as self pay ground school I do online for 4 hrs a day and about 2 to 4 hrs flight time every 4 to 6 weeks as that is only time my truck driving job doing lease to purchase allows

[@KevinSmithAviation]

Excellent episode Dan and Christy, thank you. Great information. You two are awesome. 🤘🇺🇸🛩️

[@justincaraway2116]

I'm a 35 year old Electrical Engineer that is looking to become a corporate pilot around the age of 40. I was hoping Christy could compare/contrast corporate flying compared to the airlines? I don't feel to old, I think it just comes down to the hours and the medical. I would love to do a career switch around 40 to some mix of CFI and Corporate flying.

[@OMG_No_Way]

Makes sense. But going to a 4 year college also knocks out the BA that every airline requires. So it’s a win win. BA and an ATP at 1,000hrs.

[@pilotchristy]

Believe it or not, most of the airlines have gotten rid of the BA requirement!

[@OMG_No_Way]

@@pilotchristy Really!!! That’s so freaking awesome to hear. It’s never made sense to me why the have a BA degree requirement. You’d think dropping $100k on a 2 year flight school would be proof enough that you’re smart enough, and determined enough to do the job. To have to drop another $100k on a BA just never made any sense. Why do think they’re dropping it? That desperate for pilots?

[@ibgarrett]

Nice conversation on the path to ATP. :).

[@MartinHenne]

I noticed that you did not take off with mixture full rich. My CFI told me, to do so unless I take off at high altitudes. Or did I just get it wrong on the video from that angle?

[@bikefreakstl]

So Christy, how are you liking airline life? I’ve been debating about doing a career change

[@pilotchristy]

I’m absolutely loving it! Had a wonderful flight today with an amazing approach, and it reminded me why I do this. ☺️

[@bikefreakstl]

@@pilotchristy cool beans 😎

[@76pilotpeters43]

@@pilotchristy There is nothing like breaking out of a night IFR at 600' and the runway being right there. The other awe inspiring event is taking off into a low ceiling and breaking out to the sunshine above the clouds. Brings a smile every time.

[@elliotroyal1431]

I'm not a weirdo that looks for something wrong in every video, but is that turn coordinator working? 14:36 - 14:45. Might be tricky partial panel 😅

[@pilotchristy]

Oh yeah, it works! It was bumpy the day we filmed, but motion stabilizing cameras. 🙂

[@patrickheavirland3599]

Great video!

[@cappy9867]

Thank god the takeoff background noise, ended so we can hear dialogue...

[@larryrobinson7492]

I love when Christy is on, it's not the same without her. Also, don't listen to the haters, I absolutely love the music Jamming, nice touch.

[@gettygarrettable]

Great video

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

Without connections it's almost impossible to get any job besides CFI.

[@Shamdouh1]

The music's too loud with the ATC chat

[@Weaponsandarmor]

I'd want to fly boxes around

[@dgriffin60]

Tried a few times to watch video and just got too frustrated with all distractions and interruptions of Christy’s dialog Would love to see this topic revisited in the studio in a sterile environment

[@danielbasovitch5087]

Don't military pilots with 2 or 3 thousand hours get hired faster than CFIs?

[@Recovering_Californian]

Probably .... but to be an officer (pilot) in any of the armed services you'll need a 4 year degree.

[@OMG_No_Way]

@@Recovering_Californian i believe you can fly in the Army without a degree. Warrant Officer???

[@gunsaway1]

Gee Dan. Glad to see you flying a better airplane! Lol

[@TakingOff]

Ouch!! 🤪

[@pilotchristy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@olbuck]

Talking over each other and keeping the radios on ends with a garbled distracting mess. I quit. A backyard patio setting would be much more acceptable. Giverhell.

[@danielbasovitch5087]

Christy, are you keeping " WONG" for a while? Or what is your last name Now?

[@Recovering_Californian]

The heck kind of question is this?

[@CAKevin]

It's Wong for now...

[@justsomeguy1181]

738 Views?! Preposterous! Something's wrong with the counter. Probably Dominion.🤣 Seriously, young people might investigate the US Army which does not require officers to fly certain ships -- mostly helicopters. If you get into the program, you will get training and hours, AND pay. Pretty sweet. I think a 4 year commitment is required, maybe somebody will comment. Christy did her thing in 3 years, but helicopter pilots need more hours for everything, so the 3 years is scant for a helos.

[@timharrington6470]

First three minutes wasted.

[@TakingOff]

I did mention that in the description so you could click right in with a time link.

[@tdelsardo]

I wanted to watch your video, but had to turn it off before you even took off because of the obnoxious music you had playing. It would have been better not to have any music at all. 👎