Advice

After talking to my instructor when I was first starting out, we decided it would be best to get the FAA Written out of the way at the beginning of my training. I would recommend the same thing for new student...

Today, Brad Tate from the blog Airline Pilot Chatter wrote a nice and thorough post about becoming an airline pilot. He writes about what expectations he had going into the career in addition to the contrast...

This post goes as a coupling with a post Karlene wrote today on her blog; some more about my story and what I have faced. In addition, she answers some questions that were really relavent to me, in deciding if...

I created this blog not only to keep a personal record of my own training (so I could look back at what I did), but for something else as well. When I took my first flight lesson, I realized that I was...

If you want to become an airline pilot, you'll need anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 flight hours in the USA to meet R-ATP or ATP experience requirements (FAR 61.159/160). For many new pilots, getting that...