#46 UPGRADING - Becoming a Captain

03/20/23 • 22 min

1 Listener

This week's question comes from Max, whom wants to know the process for upgrading at a corporate operator. Mike and Sean breakdown the upgrade process (becoming a Captain) at both corporate and airline operators. Thank you for the great question Max!

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

1:26 What's an Instrument Rating

2:23 Max's Question

3:00 Airline Upgrades

6:10 Corporate Upgrades

12:48 Do airlines hire captains off the street

21:23 Wrap Up

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

1:26 What's an Instrument Rating

2:23 Max's Question

3:00 Airline Upgrades

6:10 Corporate Upgrades

12:48 Do airlines hire captains off the street

21:23 Wrap Up

Previous Episode

#45 The F.A.Q.’s

After going through the many emails we get from our listeners we found that a good portion of them involve questions on the topics within this episode. Flow-through at the airlines, college requirements, pilot medical exams, startings training, corporate pilot jobs compared to the airlines, and much more is discussed in this episode.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

2:37 Sean's Update

6:22 Mike's Update

11:50 FAQ Introduction

12:45 Flow-through and College Requirements

17:18 Pilot Medicals Exams

22:30 How Do I Start Training

24:15 Corporate vs. Airlines

26:55 Microphones in Podcast

28:08 Wrap Up

Next Episode

#47 OMG! Look at American Airline’s New PAY SCALE

This episode is a bit of a mix of current events and a listener question. This week's question comes from Zach, whom wants to know the likelyhood of paying back the debt created from flight training if he's not starting this career path till he's 40 years old. Thank you for the great question Zach!

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Follow this link to get a free lesson and a taste of what the course has to offer: https://www.propilotplaybook.com/medical_optin

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:00 Update

05:08 American Airline's New Contract

06:19 Zach's Question

09:13 New AA Pay

14:31 Technical Answer to Zach's Question

19:04 Aviation Industry Wide Pay

21:17 Airline Hiring Process Changes

23:16 Wrap Up