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ACP148 Life Of A Medfly Pilot with Sean Edwards

Have you ever heard of a Medfly pilot? Building flight time towards becoming an airline means flight instructing for most pilots. A unique way to not only build flight time but to build much sought after multi engine turbine time is as a Medfly pilot. Here to discuss this unique job is medfly pilot Sean Edwards.

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Sean Discusses his Journey to Being a Medfly Pilot:

  • What is a Medfly?
  • How to find a job as a Medfly pilot.
  • The advantages of building turbine Multiengine time.
  • The Challenges of being a Medfly pilot.
  • Things you might not realize while building multi engine time as a Medfly pilot to advance your career.

Links:

A Day at Medfly

The Battle Over the Medfly

MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY PREVENTIVE RELEASE PROGRAM

Image Credit:

Photograph by Scott Bauer, USDA