When Your Pilot Job SUCKS - Telling Passengers NO // #83

06/15/24 • 20 min

Mike and Sean answer a question about dealing with having to tell passengers no and discuss other situations that can cause you to have a difficult day as a pilot.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:01 Viewer/listener's question

02:29 Corporate pilot vs Airline pilot perspective

04:59 Sean's 3 step process for dealing with passengers

06:52 Mike's advice for dealing with bad situations as a pilot

08:06 Common problems pilots deal with

15:53 "Get Home-Itis"

17:50 " Reverse Get Home-Itis"

19:52 New products at https://www.propilotplaybook.com/

20:04 Wrap up- TAKE ACTION!

Mike and Sean answer a question about dealing with having to tell passengers no and discuss other situations that can cause you to have a difficult day as a pilot.

Go to the app store and download our new app!

Go to https://www.propilotplaybook.com and enter your email to get access to our list of "The Top 10 Flight School Rip-offs" and access to free lesson from our course.

If you have a question you'd like us to answer, you can email us at: [email protected]

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:01 Viewer/listener's question

02:29 Corporate pilot vs Airline pilot perspective

04:59 Sean's 3 step process for dealing with passengers

06:52 Mike's advice for dealing with bad situations as a pilot

08:06 Common problems pilots deal with

15:53 "Get Home-Itis"

17:50 " Reverse Get Home-Itis"

19:52 New products at https://www.propilotplaybook.com/

20:04 Wrap up- TAKE ACTION!

Previous Episode

I Failed My Private Pilot Checkride: Avoid These Mistakes // #82

Mike and Sean interview Brandon after recently failing his Private Pilot Checkride. However, there's a lot more to this story than what you might think. This is a great story for anyone who is getting close to taking their first Practical Pilot Test.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:23 Brandon's introduction and background

05:56 Brandon's flight training

11:00 Private pilot checkride

20:54 No sleep

23:20 Weather

27:00 Ferry pilot problems

32:50 The oral starts

36:00 Family friend died

40:35 Plane doesn't start

43:50 Flight portion begins

44:10 Cross-country snafu

46:40 Engine out procedures

51:05 A huge learning experience

1:00:10 Won't see these stories on the internet

1:02:53 We learn from failing

1:04:40 Brandon's shout out to Pro-Pilot Playbook

1:06:05 Wrap up- TAKE ACTION!

Next Episode

The Most Difficult Part of Becoming a Pilot // #84

Mike and Sean discuss the most difficult aspects of obtaining your Private Pilot Certificate and the common pitfalls that make over 80% of people quit flight training.

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Go to https://www.propilotplaybook.com and enter your email to get access to our list of "The Top 10 Flight School Rip-offs" and access to free lesson from our course.

If you have a question you'd like us to answer, you can email us at: [email protected]

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:12 DOWNLOAD OUR NEW APP

02:40 Sean's sightings

05:10 Episode intro

06:05 80% of of people quit flight training

09:32 Money

11:26 Need to commit

12:09 Time

13:33 Lack of motivation

17:05 Rare that students can't figure it out