by CarlValeri
on May 23, 2015
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Welcome to Episode 84. The goal of this podcast is to inform, entertain, and motivate you to achieve your career goal. We to bring you the viewpoint of all those involved with careers in aviation and aerospace. Although we primarily focus on the positive aspects of a career in aviation and specifically as an airline pilot we also know that we must represent the challenges of choosing a career in aviation.
To help you understand some of the challenges concerning salaries in the piloting career I have with me Ben Mandell author of Don't Pay Any Flight School More Than $2500 In Advance: The Censored Information The Bad Guys Don't Want You To Know and Pilots on food stamps: An Inside Look At Why Your Flight Was Cancelled.
You can find his book by clicking here or going to AviationCareersPodcast.com/foodstamps :
Ben and I discuss:
- Why You should not Pay more than $25000 in advance to a flight school.
- Scholarships to watch out for.
- Ways to save money on flight training.
- Why Flights are being cancelled.
- How pilots are paid.
- How the shortage of pilots is affecting salaries.
- How the shortage of pilots affects the Majors.
- Upgrading and Pay.
- What he feels is the solution.
Scholarship of the Week:
Buckingham Memorial Scholarship-Air Traffic Controller’s Association (ATCA)
Average Award for all ATCA scholarships $6454.54
The Buckingham Memorial Scholarships are awarded to children of Air Traffic Controller Specialists who are US Citizens and enrolled half- to full-time in a program leading to a bachelor's degree or higher.
Links:
Bureau Of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook - Airline and Commercial Pilots
Sun N Fun Radio on LiveATC.net
Alumni from these colleges (almost) always pay their debts
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by CarlValeri
on May 18, 2015
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We're back from Sun N Fun with Rick, Sean, and a special guest Larry Overstreet!
Preflight Checklist
- We are coming up episode 100! We would like you to celebrate with us by sending in one of your 100th milestones in your aviation life such as 100th landing, 100th airport, or whatever you can come up with. Send them to contact@stuckmicavcast.com or send them to our contact page.
- Larry is working on taking Sun N Fun Radio worldwide, and cover air show events at liveatc.net/snf and Chats from the Deck.
- The Aerospace Scholarships Guide 2015 is out on PDF right now, and soon will be on Kindle and iBooks.
- Larry will be at AirVenture in Oshkosh along with Victoria and Turbo.
Cruise Flight
Our main topic tonight will be an interview with Larry Overstreet. Larry discusses:
- His great story about how he got into aviation
- Building his own Sonex airplane in his basement with his family
- Flying gliders and the Soaring Society Of America.
- Larry recommended Hartford Airport (HXF) and Cub Air Flight near Oshkosh for refueling and getting a tailwheel endorsement
- IMC clubs for safer IFR pilots
Pick Of The Week:
Larry-Flight of Passage audio book by Rinker Buck, recounting a flight from New Jersey to Southern California
Carl-The Day I learned to Fly by Jeffrey Kennon
Sean & Rick- Apple Watch
After Landing Checklist:
Thanks to Larry for coming on. We will be having an email related show soon!
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by CarlValeri
on May 9, 2015
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Welcome to Episode 83 where we discuss obtaining money for training through scholarships.
Announcements:
In This episode we discuss:
- Various methods of paying for your training.
- Work Fellowships.
- Internships.
- Apprenticeships.
- Scholarships and other gifts.
- Dispelling myths about scholarships.
- Why you should look at scholarships no matter what your age.
- Most scholarships are not based on need.
- Work Study.
- How Membership in an organization can lead to a scholarship.
- How winning a scholarships can reflect positively on your resume.
Listener Mail:
A student from Colombia, South America wants a good resource for scholarships.
Links:
@SeeEricGo
AerospaceScholarships.com
Ministry of Education, Colombia, South America.
Aviation Careers Podcast on Facebook.
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by CarlValeri
on May 2, 2015
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Welcome to this special edition recorded live from Sun N Fun 2015. Today we have a very special show with some inspirational and interesting guests. Plus a very special guest from the Air Force!
Preflight Checklist
Polk State Flight Team announces their campaign to raise funds to compete in the regionals. Read their story and visit their GoFundMe page at GoFundMe.com/PolkFlightTeam.
Remember to listen live to Sun N Fun Radio at LiveAtc.net/snf. We have events all year and past events including Sun N Fun 2015 are repeated throughout the year. Remember their are many ways to get in touch with us at Sun N Fun Radio by visiting SnfRadio.com.
Cruise Flight
We had some special guests join us on the deck at Sun N Fun Radio including:
Topics:
- The students at Polk State College Aerospace are asked to join the folks from the Discovery Channel and Airplane Repo for an upcoming appearance. Stay tuned...
- Polk State Grows from 25 to over 300 students in only few years and becomes the first public institution in the State of Florida to offer a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Science.
- Interest in aviation is growing amongst the younger generation.
- Sun N Fun Love Story
- Turbo The Flying Dog
- Turbot gives Back to the community.
- Victoria Inspires Woman Aviators.
- Victoria Wins A Ninety-Nines Scholarship.
- IMC Clubs keeping you Instrument Current.
- SocialFlight.com
- Camp RadioActive.
- Some of the great guests we have had on Sun N Fun Radio.
- How LiveATC.net works with the founder Dave Pascoe.
- Behind the scenes at Sun N Fun Radio.
- How You can volunteer at Sun N Fun.
- Swearing In of the military recruits at Sun N Fun.
- Carl wearing his "colors"
- Dave Abbey talks about the free education aviation podcasts provide.
Pick Of The Show:
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by CarlValeri
on April 30, 2015
It is important to inspire our future aviators and aerospace professionals through events, education, entertainment, and sports. That is why we provide links to crowd funding sources such as Go Fund Me. As coach of the newly formed Polk State College Flight Team I am asking you to read their story. Please consider donating to the team through the Go Fund Me crowd sourcing website by clicking on the image or the link below. I am very proud of the team members and students at Polk State College for their perseverance during the formative years of the new aerospace program and flight team.
Click Here To Donate to the Polk State Flight Team
ABOUT THE TEAM - POLK STATE FLIGHT TEAM
Comprised of students from the Polk State College Aerospace Program, the members of the flight team range from student pilots to Certified Flight Instructors,
with varying skill and educational levels.
OBJECTIVE
As a flight team, it is not only our goal to be competitive but to also inspire college and high school students to
become aviation professionals. Through fundraisers, public outreach and working with other organizations, we hope to reach out and inform the community about aviation.
NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE FLIGHT ASSOCIATION
Just as any other collegiate team has a governing body, the Polk State Flight Team falls under the rules of NIFA. As a member of NIFA Region IX, we compete against some of the best flight teams from around the nation. During the regional and national competition, the team members will compete in events such as flight planning,
preflight inspection and accuracy landings.
DONATE
Being a public college, our team must raise our own funds to compete in both the regional and national competition. As a flight team, we need uniforms, funds for fuel, the aircraft and costs of practicing and traveling to the competition. We are asking you to help us reach our goal of 15,000 dollars to send us to our first regional NIFA competition. With your contribution not only will you be providing assistance to our team but you are also promoting aerospace education amongst collegiate students
Click Here To Donate to the Polk State Flight Team
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by CarlValeri
on April 23, 2015
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Welcome to Episode 82 Avoiding A 2 Million Dollar Mistake In Your Pilot Career
In This episode we discuss:
- Kennedy Space Center Inspires Aerospace Careers
- Avoiding A 2 million dollar mistake in your pilot career
- Lessons learned in aviation safety from last episode.
- Answer listener mail
- Listen To Us At Sun N Fun
Listener mail:
- Military Pilot considering transition to airlines, 1000 hours
- Struggling to pay for ratings after college
- 15 years old, what should be my first step in aviation?
- Internation Pilot Information
Links:
AOPA Let’s Go Flying
Sun N Fun Radio
Kennedy Space Center
Sponsor:
AersopaceScholarships.com
Contact Us At:
feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com
@flyingcareers on twitter
facebook/aviationcareerspodcast
DIP MY WINGS 347-699-4647
AviationCareersPodcast.com/contact
Please rate us in Itunes.
Remember to listen to us live at sun n fun. Click on the logo in the top right of the website or go to LiveAtc.net/snf
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by CarlValeri
on April 13, 2015
Welcome to episode 81. Today wa have some very interesting listener mail and to help me review the mail and answer your questions I have not one but two co hosts today; Eric Crump and Tom Wachowski. Tom has been on a break from podcasting and is excited to be here today. One of our big topics to cover today is making a living as a flight instructor. We have received many requests about this topic, including one we cover with several sub-questions in it.
Topics
- Second Career in Aviation
- Moving to Florida to be a flight instructor
- choices of clothing for interviews at flight schools
- Agricultural flying, Ground Instructor Certificate
- Is an Associates Degree needed for the Regional Airlnes?
- Question from Serbia: importance of getting both Pilot and A&P license?
- Rookie flight instructor Tips and Tricks episode ideas, which the hosts pretty much just answer!
- How to manage student debt on regional airline salary
- Requesting help when you don't feel confident in your job
- The effects of Unmanned aerial vehicles on the Aviation Industry
- Advice from going from Engineering to Piloting
- Making a living as a flight instructor
- Military Transition from rotor to fixed wing
Links:
Closing:
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by CarlValeri
on April 2, 2015
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Pre-Flight Checklist
- Carl recently flew in a 172! We'll put a picture in the show notes.
- Eric's student Esteban soloed!
Cruise Flight
Tonight we are working on clearing out the backlog of listener email going back to the middle of 2014. You can continue to send us questions at contact@stuckmicavcast.com. Going forward we will be answering them on a regular basis.
Topics covered:
- Thank you for the show and good luck to Len from Zurich, Switzerland.
- A comment from episode 74: You can now fly if you are color blind, but you will have a restriction on your medical certificate.
- Training question: do you need to retake your written FAA test if you have a break in training?
- A question on training hours in a simulator and changes from the FAA.
- A request for a podcast on the Reno Air Show.
- Sandpoint, Idaho Air Park.
- A comment from Russ Roslowski about askcfi.com.
- An answer to what happened to Columbine I, General Eisenhower's personal plane.
- An offer to help Sean when visiting the air show in Stuart, Florida.
- A comment about a hanger home bed and Breakfast in Danville, Florida.
- A request to discuss more air shows especially the smaller ones that do not get much airtime.
~Picks of the Week~
After Landing Checklist
Links:
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by CarlValeri
on March 22, 2015
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Welcome to episode 80. Many of you are interested in working overseas because you heard foreign pilots are paid well. Today I have with me someone who will help us understand more about the benefits and challenges of overseas flying.
Ed Abraham is the International Pilot Advisor at Cage Marshal Consulting. Ed is living proof that pilots can go overseas to fly and return with positive results. Based on his years of experience as an aviation professional and as a successful interviewee, Ed is a wealth of knowledge to help other international applicants. Whether you are going from the US to an international company or interested in exploring the possibilities of applying to an overseas position, Ed should be your first call. He can offer his expertise and recommendations to help you land the international interview and job more quickly and with less frustration.
Ed and I discuss:
- The Benefits of overseas flying.
- How to apply for an overseas flying job.
- The interview process.
- The challenges of living overseas.
- Pay, Benefits, and living conditions.
- Working overseas and your family.
Links:
Closing:
If you would like to ask a question on the show, leave us a voicemail at our new contact number DIP-MY-WINGS (347-699-4647)!
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by CarlValeri
on March 16, 2015
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Pre-Flight Checklist:
You can ask us questions by using our hashtag #asksmac, or by emailing us at Contact@StuckMicAvCast.com, or by calling 347-699-4647 (DIP MY WINGS). Please send us questions or stories about your aviation successes.
Victoria said she no longer needs a special issuance medical certificate!
Eric has a shout out for one of his students named John who earned his Private Pilot's License today!
Eric also said a big "thank you" to Women in Aviation and JetBlue, who paid for four of his students to attend the Women in Aviation conference in Dallas, Texas. You can check out the pictures of John and the students who attended the conference at their Facebook page.
Cruise Flight:
Our topics this week are coming from our Twitter hashtag #asksmac about when to fire your flight instructor:
- Billing issues
- Safety
- Personality issues
- If they smell bad
- Lack of integrity
- Lack of progress
- Degrading
- Just a time builder
- Lack of availability
- Lack of communication
~Picks of the Week~
Rick: F18 Carrier Landing Lite-a free iOS game
Victoria: Fly Girl by Sheri L. Smith, a Young Adult book about a girl torn between her heritage and wanting to fly as part of the WASPS.
Carl: FAA Wildlife Strike Database- a website for logging birdstrikes and learning all kinds of things by exploring the data.
Eric: Avare- an offline navigational app that allows you to draw on the screen in GPS mode.
After Landing Checklist
Be sure to send us feedback, especially your opinion on the best aviation app for the iPhone 6
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