| Airline experience: |
yes |
| Corporate or fractional experience: |
no |
| Cargo experience: |
no |
| Military, government, or law enforcement experience: |
no |
| Mentor profile: |
Profile As a kid I always wanted to be some sort of pilot. I always liked
military aircraft and went to as many air shows every summer as I could. In H.S. I joined Civil Air Patrol (CAP) It was some of the best times as a teenager that I had. (As a side note if you are unfamiliar with CAP go to www.cap.org) I went to Utah State University in there 4 year Flight Tech. Program. It was a good place for me. Mid size university that didn't break the bank along with some great country to fly in and the skiing wasn't to bad either. After School I then wanted to CFI but not at the school or in the West, I wanted a change of environment. Networking is a key in this industry so I headed to the East coast and worked at a great flight school. It was a part 61 and was able to teach 15 year kids to retired CEOs. Got to fly C-152's-KingAirs as a CFI. It was a great two years and learned more then my students, I think. After that I applied to a few regional airlines and was offered a job at one but turned it down for my first choice, which was SkyWest. Have been with SkyWest around a year and have enjoyed every minute. I will go into more detail if you would like just ask.
Fly Safe
-Gregg
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| Favorite thing about flying: |
| Not sitting behind a desk 5 days a week |
| Disadvatages of being a pilot: |
How unstable the industry as a whole is. Also sitting reserve is not
what I signed up to do.
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| What you would have done different: |
| Keep moving up to bigger and faster airplanes. Keep challenging your skills. 1000 in a C-172 is to much unless you have 10,000 total. |
| Advice to aspiring pilots: |
| Advice From day one become a professional pilot. Hit the books and know and understand the concepts. Don't move on in training if you don't understand. Stop, Ask someone and then continue, |
| Problems encounterd along the way: |
Keeping motivated some times during the training. Some days when you meet with your instructor say ' can we just have some fun today?' skip the lesson, fly somewhere for lunch make a game out of spot landings, bet a $1 on who can land the softest.
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