Ep14: Ways for Aspiring Pilots to Enter the Aviation Industry - Parker Northrup
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
As we dive into the process of becoming a professional pilot, we invited the Department Chair of Flight at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Parker Northup, to give us a glimpse of what it’s like to be an aviation student at the nation’s largest aviation college. Listen in and learn all you need to know to achieve your dream of being a pilot by tuning in!
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
- What you can learn at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Pilot training and education: Costs and other requirements
- Different learning modes offered at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Things that make Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University unique from other aviation schools
- How challenging is it to become a pilot?
RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED
ABOUT PARKER NORTHRUP
Parker led and managed diverse organizations, from small teams to greater than one thousand subordinates, including US and International citizens, while working at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as Department Chair of Flight and Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science. He is an internationally experienced professional who transitioned to civilian education and training environments after more than two decades of military service, maintaining flight instructor certifications in the aviation community and providing leadership and national security online instruction for mid-career and senior federal employees.
CONNECT WITH PARKER
- Website: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- LinkedIn: Parker Northrup
- Email: [email protected]
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| 0:00.0 | Requirements of a four-year degree are shared at the community college level, associate degree level, |
| 0:04.0 | complete a private pilot certificate, and then come to us for the restricted ATP and that core professional curriculum at the instrument and commercial level. |
| 0:13.0 | So I do see it. We give credit, obviously, for accredited institution transfers. It's a generous process. |
| 0:19.0 | Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. |
| 0:24.6 | They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, |
| 0:29.6 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 0:35.6 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find |
| 0:41.1 | your dream job. |
| 0:42.7 | Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 0:44.8 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:48.7 | What is a pilot? |
| 0:51.0 | It's Nick Fialca. |
| 0:52.4 | It is ready for pushback and I'm so stoked you're here it has been a |
| 0:57.4 | great week and I hope yours is kicking off great as well I have an awesome guest today |
| 1:04.8 | Parker Northrop he runs the aviation department at Emory Riddle University. |
| 1:13.3 | Everybody knows Emery Riddle. |
| 1:15.8 | Everybody. |
| 1:16.9 | It's everywhere. |
| 1:19.2 | And he was gracious enough to come on to the podcast, have the conversation, and talk all about the benefits and all the great things about going to their university and participating in their flight program. |
| 1:36.6 | I'll tell you this. There's a little bit of background noise. It's because Parker's office is on the flight line and there are kids out there crushing the hours and it's |
| 1:45.4 | awesome anybody any opportunity to get into the air and making it happen if there's background noise |
| 1:52.2 | like let's go man let's celebrate the fact that there's really cool background noise I think |
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