Month: June 2012

The Benefits of Becoming an Airline Pilot?

I am often asked by those who are interested in becoming an airline pilot why I became an airline pilot and what I liked the best about it. The first thing that comes to mind is that I was paid a good amount of money to fly for a living. And as it was in my case, if you have a real passion for flying then being paid to do what you love is the best job in the world.
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Corporate Aviation Needs Pilots Too

For many aspiring professional pilots, getting a job as a corporate pilot is the final goal. Flying for a Corporate flight department can be a very rewarding career as long as you understand what corporate aviation is all about. Corporate pilots work for companies that own and operate their own aircraft to fly company passengers to and from business meetings, trade shows, to pick up or drop off clients, and for personal travel for employees and their families.
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ATP Jet Center of Daytona Beach Becomes a Signature Select FBO

Since 1984, thousands of professional pilots have come to ATP Flight School for career-oriented flight training. In addition to training new generations of airline pilots, ATP has expanded operations to include the operation of top-quality Fixed-based Operations (FBOs). ATP opened its first new FBO facility at Daytona Beach International Airport (KDAB) in October, 2009, and has continued to build more.
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American Airlines to Reduce Flights in July

American Airlines says it will reduce flights in July partly because of a shortage of pilots due to more of them calling in sick according to today’s USA Today. The 1% reduction in July’s schedule follows a 1.5% cutback in June, which was also blamed partly on higher usage of sick leave by pilots.
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