Ep122: The BEST TIME to FLY for the AIRLINES in HISTORY! Check Pilot Allen Sylvester talks to Nik about the hiring in the Majors!

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Careers, Aviation, Leisure, Business

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Let the runway become your path to flight mastery with Line Check Airman Allen Sylvester. Don’t miss his tips on how to acquire significant operating experience and what you can expect after flight training. So tune in, and let's elevate your skills and passion for flying together in this episode.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

What you need to know about being a line check airman
The importance of the operating experience checklist for student pilots
Challenges pilots could face after getting used to flight simulations
The value of learning from your mistakes during flight training
Helpful advice for new pilot captains

ABOUT ALLEN SYLVESTER

Allen is a pilot and line check airman from a major US airline. He has over 25 years of aviation experience, including pilot outreach and mentoring flight students.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Try 23 years old getting hired at a major airline onto a wide-body aircraft.
0:06.0	That's amazing.
0:07.0	It seems normal right now for some reason.
0:10.0	Anyone thinking about becoming a pilot, now is the time.
0:15.0	Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.
0:21.6	They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums,
0:27.3	meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details.
0:32.5	This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job.
0:39.4	Let's get ready for pushback. Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.
0:45.5	Hey, pilots, welcome back to another great episode of Ready for Pushback. I'm Nick Fialca.
0:52.7	And today, we are talking about life after simulators. So you get
0:57.9	hired, you go through initial end dock, you go through about a month of simulator training,
1:04.1	and you get your type rating. You get passed on to start flying on the line, flying a real
1:09.9	airplane with real passengers doing the real thing.
1:13.0	And when they start you doing that, they don't just throw you out there with some schmucketele like me.
1:19.1	They put you with somebody that is trained who is a line check airman.
1:25.0	And a line check airman is a person who has special training to be able to help
1:30.3	you learn how the operation is done and how to be successful as a first officer or a new
1:38.9	upgrading captain. And so I've got Al Sylvester with me today. He is at a legacy airline and has graciously
1:49.0	offered to sit down with us and have a conversation about what he sees. He's such a nice guy,
1:57.6	probably one of the nicest guys I've ever met. And I reach out to Al. Al is one of my mentors.
2:04.3	And I reach out to him all the time when I have a question. You know, I'm a captain at my airline.
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