Flight Training Articles
Flight school is an amazing experience! One learns the basics. Stalls, landings, and how to be Pilot In Command (PIC). However, when you graduate you are hired as a First Officer or Co-pilot. How much training did you receive on how to be a First Officer? The answer is none at all. In fact, most training is done by flight instructors with no work experience at all. It is no wonder most First officers only last a few weeks on their first job. Being placed on "Stand-Bye!"
These series of articles are based upon my 30 years as both a Corporate Pilot and Flight Instructor. Hopefully this will give you the insight lacking at our flight schools so you can hold onto that first job!
God Bless! Keep Flying Speed!
Captain Robert "That Guy" Riter
Air Door To Heaven
What do you talk about on your interviews with corporate flight departments. Is telling experienced captains with a look of distain on their faces that you are a bad ass in a Cessna 172 a good idea? Maybe that you can shoot approaches down to minimums will do? Perhaps not. This is the main talking points that new applicants make one after the other. It is something that makes a captain's eyes go glassy and dull.
Instead, why don't you speak of something that matters to captains. It may be the most dangerous part on that aircraft, and is completely in your hands as a First Officer. It is something you never even saw in flight training. The air door to an aircraft!