The Call: The Moment When Your Childhood Dreams Come True
Getting “The Call” After Your Airline Pilot Training Making it through the airline pilot selection process is an accomplishment but successfully completing your airline pilot training is nothing short of awesome. Vern Weiss You’ve been submitting applications to airlines for over a year and reading doom-and-gloom on pilot blogs, which is beginning to work on your […]
Career Pilot: It Takes a Pilot’s License, Desire and Attitude
Choosing a career as a pilot requires dedication and patience but provides immense self-satisfaction, pride in accomplishment and professional respect. Vern Weiss Before I finally became a career pilot by landing a job at an airline I had nearly worn my fingers into bloody nubs filling out job applications. With naiveté, I believed I was […]
What to Expect for a Starting Commercial Airline Pilot Salary
Jennifer Payne Pilots have been underpaid, leading to overworked and fatigued pilots, which creates a shortage of qualified applicants. Has aviation finally learned that low wages are hurting the industry? It first needs to be clarified that this is the starting commercial airline pilot salary for all pilots. At the beginning of every pilot’s career, […]
