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What is Aviation or Airline Culture Like Today?
What is Aviation Culture
Aviation or airline culture is an interesting thing. The longer I am in aviation the more I am aware of whether it exists...
Do You Need a College Degree For a Pilot to Work For a Major Airline?
Do I need to go to College?
If you are plotting out your aviation career, you should think about it as a strategy. That may sound funny, but hiring...
Broken Airline Operation Systems, and We Don't Mean Electrical Systems
I want to tell a brief story to elaborate a point. This story has most likely unfolded at every airline in one form or another. It results in a b...
Was It A Charmed Aviation Career? Pilot Career Examples from Multiple Pilots
We are taking a poll on aviation careers both past and present. The beauty of any aviation career in the industry is that there is no wrong answer...
United Airlines Crew Base For Pilots and Flight Attendants
United Airlines Crew Bases
United airlines is one of the largest legacy airlines in the world. Their headquarters is at Willis Tower in Chicago Ill...
The Call for SOP'S, Airline Standard Operating Procedures
Rather than bore you to death with the FAA version of standard operating procedures, lets tell a story of disfunction instead. The SOP's come later.
The Best and Worst Moments of My Aviation Career, True Stories
These are moments in time that are not the absolute best or worst moments in history but they are the best or worst memories recorded by all levels...
Aviation Career Advice-If You Could Go Back in Time and Tell Yourself One Thing about Your Career, What Would it Be?
If You Could Go Back in Time and Tell Yourself One Thing about Your Career, What Would it Be?
This article focuses on something different,It is lik...
Pilots Drinking, What Happens When Pilots Show Up To Work Under The Influence Of Alcohol
What is the real story that you don't hear when pilots show up to work after drinking? Maybe it is not what you think.
What Don't You Like About Your Airline?
What Don’t You Like About Your Airline?
Is it a loaded question? Of course it is. Unless your are brand spanking new to the airline business, ch...
Airline Pilot Retirement Age
I have been a part of numerous conversations about pilot retirement ages and the extension to age 65. The consensus is mixed about whether this is...