Aviation Careers Podcast

ACP249 Avoiding Training Pitfalls and Listener Mail

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Avoiding Training Pitfalls and Listener Mail. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer y...

ACP248 Answering Your Questions Live from Lakeland Linder International Airport

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to aviation careers podcast today we answer your questions in a special location from my hangar at Lakeland Linder International Airport. I’...

ACP247 Aircraft Dispatcher Course at Polk State College

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aircraft Dispatcher Course at Polk State College – ACP247. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If...

ACP246 Flight Training From A Students Perspective with Cole Olivares

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

ACP246 Flight Training From A Students Perspective with Cole Olivares. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers p...

ACP245 Why It Is Important To Stop And Smell The Roses

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

ACP245 Why It Is Important To Stop And Smell The Roses. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you ...

ACP244 Can I Get Hired With A Violation On My Pilot Certificate?

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or anno...

ACP243 How to survive your first recurrent training.

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

ACP243 How to survive your first recurrent training. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you hav...

ACP242 Is the FCC restricted radiotelephone license required for the majors and other questions with Eric Crump.

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is the FCC restricted radiotelephone license required for the majors and other questions with Eric Crump. Welcome to the inspirational, informational,...

ACP241 Aviation jobs for those with low flying time.

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or anno...

ACP240 Are you under the impression a flying career is unattainable and unrealistic?

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

ACP240: Is a flying career unattainable and unrealistic? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you...

ACP239 Activities Are About Building A Better You – Not A Better Resume

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Activities Are About Building a Better You- Not A Better Resume. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast...

ACP238 Aviation Author Chris Pezalla

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aviation Author Chris Pezalla. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments,...

ACP237 Freelance Aviation Journalist Grant Boyd

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or anno...

ACP236 Aircraft Dispatcher Michael Karrels

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aircraft Dispatcher Michael Karrels. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, com...

ACP235 Logging SIC time and other questions with Eric Crump

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Logging SIC time and other questions with Eric Crump. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you ha...

ACP234 From Realtor To Airline Pilot with Sean Crow

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

From Realtor To Airline Pilot with Sean Crow. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have quest...

ACP233 Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate with Adam Aboueid

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate with Adam Aboueid. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you ha...

ACP232 What To Tell My Child Pursuing a Career I Don’t Like.

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What To Tell My Child Pursuing a Career I Don’t Like. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you ...

ACP231 Clear For Takeoff Not Cleared To Post

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Clear For Takeoff Not Cleared To Post. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, c...

ACP230 Pink Eye Flying, motion sickness, and older students learning to fly

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pink Eye Flying, motion sickness, and older students learning to fly. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers po...

ACP229 Jumpstarting A Career By Training In Another Country

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jumpstarting a career by training in another country. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you ha...

ACP228 Internships and Aviation Medical Deficiencies

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Internships and Aviation Medical Deficiencies. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have ques...

ACP227 What happens when a pilot is reassigned during a trip

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a pilot is reassigned during a trip? We will answer this and a number of other questions in this episode. Welcome to the inspiration...

ACP226 The Restricted ATP Explained

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What is a Restricted ATP? I have received a lot of questions on what it is, why you need it, and how to get it. Welcome to the inspirational, informat...

ACP225 Will my age deter me from a career in aviation?

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Will my age deter me from a career in aviation? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have que...

ACP224 Visa Sponsorship and Pros and Cons Of Different Flying Jobs

28 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Visa Sponsorship and Pros and Cons Of Different Flying Jobs. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If...

ACP223 Pay It Forward

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pay it forward! Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational ...

ACP222 Scholarships for Older Pilots and Pathway Programs

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Scholarships for Older Pilots and Pathway Programs. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have...

ACP221 Career Change And The Threat Of A Recession

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are you thinking about a career change, and wondering what could happen if there is a recession? We have advice for you in today’s episode! Welcome ...

ACP220 Corporate Helicopter Careers with Pam Landis

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show I have occasional co-host Pam Landis, who is our resident Helicopter Careers Resource. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, ...

ACP219 Flight Sim Expo Evan Reiter

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or anno...

ACP218 Career Expo Lessons Learned From Sun N Fun 2019

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Career Expo Lessons Learned. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, i...

ACP217 How Logbook Corrections Affect Hiring

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How are logbook corrections viewed by a pilot interviewer or interview board as they plan to look over my logbooks? Welcome to the inspirational, info...

ACP216 Aircraft Mechanic Adam Sipe

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today I am with an aircraft mechanic Adam Sipe from the Airplan...

ACP215 CommutAir – A Program For Every Pilot

19 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we are joined by CommutAir Airlines Joey Dhaliwal. Announ...

ACP214 Advice From A Latina Airline Pilot

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today I have with me a special guest Mary Triana Vasquez. Mary ...

ACP213 Lost Logbooks and other Listener Mail with Justin Ash

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer your questions with co host Justin Ash. Don’t...

ACP212 Increase In Terminations – An Unintended Consequence of the Pilot Shortage

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Increase in terminations: an unintended consequence of the pilot shortage. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation caree...

ACP211 Managing A Small Airport with Warren Cramer

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Managing A Small Airport can be a big challenge, but our guest today is here to shed some light on how it works. Welcome to the inspirational, informa...

ACP210 Don’t let a Bad Flight School Experience Discourage You

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent Aviation Careers Podcast. In this episode we discuss how to not let a bad first experienc...

ACP209 GoJet Airlines

05 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a special edition of Aviation Careers Podcast. We are live on the Campus of Polk State College speaking with the GoJet recruiters. They fly...

ACP208 Forces To Flyers student Bryan Stokes interview with Russ Roslewski

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard of the Forces to Flyers Program? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Remember if you...

ACP207 Challenges Of Returning To Aviation

21 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There can be challenges in returning to aviation, but can really be worth it. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation ca...

ACP206 How to Keep Competitive While Not Flying

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How to Keep Competitive While Not Flying. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer your ...

ACP205 Signing Bonuses and Listener Questions with Robert Guyer

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Signing bonuses for pilots, logging time in the back seat of an F-15, and being intimidated by IFR. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and t...

ACP204 Knowing when it is time to make the career change and Listener Mail

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Knowing when it is time to make the career change. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we ans...

ACP203 Airline Pilots are Real People and the Career is Attainable

24 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Airline Pilots are Real People! Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer your questions....

ACP202 Seven Children With A Full Time Job And Now An Airline Pilot

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Seven Children With A Full Time Job And Now An Airline Pilot. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. ...

ACP201 Should You Work On Your Ratings Full Time Or Part Time

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Should You Work On Your Ratings Full Time Or Part Time? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today w...

ACP200 Networking at Airshows

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are going to be discussing networking at airshows! Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Ann...

ACP199 Are Airline Pathway Programs Important?

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Are Airline Pathway Programs Important? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer your qu...

ACP198 Corporate Flying and Networking

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Corporate Flying and Networking With Matt Rutowski. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today I hav...

ACP197 Dan Wells Test Pilot For The First Civil Certified Tilt Rotor

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Wells Test Pilot For the first Civil Certified Tilt Rotor. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. ...

ACP196 What Airline Pilots Should Consider When Flying Recreationally

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What Airline Pilots Should Consider When Flying Recreationally. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast....

ACP195 College Aviation Costs and Your VA Benefits

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

College Aviation Costs and Your VA Benefits. We welcome Eric Crump back to the podcast. Today we are on the campus of Polk State College to discuss co...

ACP194 On To The Regionals with Tim Lake

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On To The Regionals with Tim Lake. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. In Episode 156 From Vice Pri...

ACP193 Keeping a Realistic and Positive Outlook In a Cyclical Industry

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Keeping a Realistic and Positive Outlook In a Cyclical Industry. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast...

ACP192 Financing Flight Training, Advantage of A Master’s Degree

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Financing Flight Training, Advantage of A Master’s Degree. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. To...

ACP191 Surviving Your Initial Airline Training

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Many times I am asked how to survive initial training at an air...

ACP190 Would hours in a complex/high-performance airplane have any significant benefits?

04 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Would hours in a complex/high-performance airplane have any significant benefits? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviatio...

ACP189 A Leap Of Faith To Pursue His Dream – Clay Whatley

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today I have with me a listener who took a leap of faith to pursue his dream. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation ca...

ACP188 Preparing To Fly In A Glass Cockpit

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Have you flown with a glass cockpit? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today I am joined by Justi...

ACP187 Pilot Fatigue And Your Career

07 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s topic is Pilot Fatigue And Your Career. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Joining me t...

ACP186 Should I use my retirement savings to fund training?

30 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Should I use my retirement savings to fund training? We will cover that and answer some other questions in this episode. Welcome to the inspirational,...

ACP185 Can I Remain Where I Live And Have An Airline Career?

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Can I Remain Where I Live And Have An Airline Career? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Recently ...

ACP184 Airline Revenue Management Careers

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the exciting and constantly changing jobs in the airline industry is Airline Revenue Management Careers. It is a mystery to many how airlines s...

ACP183 Should You Become A Military Pilot?

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Should You Become A Military Pilot? With the airlines hiring at a rapid rate and a shortage of qualified pilots, many don’t even consider flying for...

ACP182 This Is Your Career Not Your Hobby

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This Is Your Career Not Your Hobby, but what happens if you call in sick at an airline? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and  transparent...

ACP181 Your Passion And Your Career- Lessons Learn From Dad

31 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, I want to share some thought about your passion and your career, and some of the lessons I learned from my Dad. Welcome to th...

ACP180 Rotor Transition Programs and Listener Mail

14 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today I discuss these new rotor transition programs and answer your questions. Before we begin a few announcements. Welcome to the inspirational, info...

ACP179 Helicopter Careers Update With Pam Landis of Rotorcraft Pro

07 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a helicopter careers update with Pam Landis of Rotorcraft Pro. The airline industry has changed over the past decade causing a hiring sp...

ACP178 Be A Flight Instructor And Teach Others To Fly!

30 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Be A Flight Instructor And Teach Others To Fly! Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Many people use...

ACP177 Overcoming Challenges In Your Past

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to become a pilot, what do you do about Overcoming Challenges In Your Past? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent a...

ACP176 Forces To Flyers Initiative

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we answer a few of your questions and have some updates. ...

ACP175 Will A Medical Disorder End My Career As A Pilot?

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Helping me answer your questions today is co host Robert Guyer....

ACP174 Life Of An Airline Instructor

26 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Being a flight instructor is both rewarding and challenging. Many never consider the job of flight instructor as a career path due to the low pay when...

ACP173 Avoiding Food Stamps And A Divorce While Changing Careers

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Can you become a pilot, while avoiding food stamps and a divorce while changing careers? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent ...

ACP172 Will US Airlines Hire Pilots With A Work Visa?

12 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Will US airlines hire pilots with a work visa? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today I am flyin...

ACP171 What Pilot Technical Interview Question Do Most Get Incorrect?

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most difficult parts of an interview for a pilot job is answering the pilot technical interview question portion. Welcome to the inspiratio...

ACP170 How To Pick A College Flight Program

26 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss how to pick a college flight program with Eric Crump. Eric is the Aerospace Director at Polk State College and has extensiv...

ACP169 Pilot Pay Shortage?

12 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a pilot pay shortage, a pilot shortage, or is it something else? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation career...

ACP168 Should I Instruct Or Use a Time Building Program?

29 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today I will be answering listener mail and we have a few annou...

ACP167 Start Your Pilot Financial Life Early With Justin Ash

23 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today I have with me Justin Ash to discuss why you should start your pilot financial life early. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and tran...

ACP166 Whatever You Do, Do It Well

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our theme for today is “whatever you do, do it well.” Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Tonig...

ACP165 CommutAir The Fastest Career Pathway Program To United

08 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

  Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we have with us CommutAir to discuss pilot job opportu...

ACP164 Be an Airport Bum: Q&A with Robert Guyer

01 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we answer several people’s questions about how to get started from being both 17 or 35, how jump seats work, and the benefits of being an airp...

ACP163 How To Become A Flight Attendant Part 2

18 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent podcast about aviation careers. Today we have a special guest to discuss flight attendant...

ACP162 How To Become A Flight Attendant Part 1

11 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent podcast about aviation careers. Today we have a special guest to discuss flight attendant...

ACP161 Your Pilot Resume And Why Proper Logging Of Flight Time Is Important

05 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inspirational, information, and transparent podcast about aviation careers. In this episode we answer your questions regarding the impo...

ACP160 NIFA, Networking, and Recurrent Training

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It has been a few weeks since we last spoke and much has happened. As many of you know I was away doing two very important things in my career, giving...

ACP159 Accelerated Flight Training Update With Dan Freeman

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Accelerated Flight Training is one of our most requested topics for this podcast. In this episode, we discuss the pro’s and con’s of accelerated f...

ACP158 CommutAir

23 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are joined by pilot recruiters from CommutAir. With up to $74,000 in first-year compensation and fast upgrades, CommutAir is a gre...

ACP157 What Would You Do Different In Your Career?

16 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What Would You Do Different In Your Career? Welcome to the informational, inspirational, and transparent podcast about aviation careers. In this episo...

ACP156 From Vice Principal To Pilot with Tim Lake

09 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In This Episode, I am joined by Tim Lake who went from high school Vice Principal to Pilot. Tim flew into Lakeland to join me on the podcast. This is ...

ACP155 Will I be too old by the time I get enough flight hours

02 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Will I be too old by the time I get enough flight hours and other questions are answered in this episode. Your host Carl is joined by Paul Grieco to a...

ACP154 Surviving Hurricane Irma

18 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hello everyone and thank you for all your concern and comments during Hurricane Irma. As many of you know we moved to Lakeland, Florida and a few wee...

ACP153 Tips For High-Income Pilots Part 3 – What To Do With Excess Income

11 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we continue our new series titled “Tips for high-Income Pilots. This series will eventually be an online video course. As a reminde...

ACP152 Choosing The Best Airline For Your Career

04 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

There are many airlines out there to choose from. How do you go about choosing the best airline for you given the options? In some circumstance, it mi...

ACP151 Training for Business Aviation with Paul Grieco

28 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 151! Today I am joined by Paul Grieco to answer several listener questions, including one related to business aviation. Let’s get...

ACP150 California Highway Patrol Pilot Jan Sears

14 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we interview California Highway Patrol Pilot Jan Sears. Jan is passionate about aviation and has a unique path towards his career goa...