Mentour Pilot

Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Justin Siems

Leisure, Hobbies, Business, Aviation, Careers

4.9 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Avination, welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode number 51 featuring Petter from Mentour Pilot. Petter, as many of you know is the creator of the amazing aviation page Mentour Pilot on Youtube and Instagram. In this episode, Petter and I talk about.

Petter wanted originally to be an archaeologist.
How Petter’s dad got him into aviation.
How Petter’s intro flight sealed the deal for Petter to begin a career in aviation.
How you are very fortunate to figure out you want to be a pilot early in your career.
How Petter found a way to get his flying paid for?
Petter dives into his training and what it was like.
How and why Petter became a Firefighter.
Petter lets me know that American coffee is nowhere close to as strong as Swedish coffee.
Petter talks about why it is important to get your FATP as soon as possible
Petter and I talk about the differences between FAA and European flight training.
Petter and I talk about the 1500 hour rule in the states.
How Petter became a simulator instructor.
How to become a captain at Petter’s airline.
How his airline is not based on seniority.
How you are evaluated on becoming a captain at Petters airline.
We talk about the differences between US airlines and European airlines.
We talk about what it means when a pilot only has two epaulets.
How and Why Petter decided to become a training captain.
We talk about proper CRM and how to manage emergencies.
We talk about why Petter started Mentour pilot.
Why Petter started the Mentour pilot application.
We talk about how being a pilot can suck sometimes.

Avination, thank you for taking the time out of your day to listen to this episode. If you enjoyed the podcast please leave a review on iTunes and make sure to check out our Patreon page!

Happy Flying,

Justin

Transcript

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0:00.0	Episode 51 of the pilot the pilot podcast takes off now.
0:07.0	All right guys it's Paterhorn Feltier. You might know me as a mentor pilot.
0:15.0	I hope you're all doing absolutely fantastic.
0:18.0	Well, I do a lot of things but I run my YouTube channel which is about aviation and I also work as a line training
0:25.8	captain and a base type rating examiner for my airline on the Boeing 737-800. What is going on, Navy Nation, and welcome back to the Pilot the Pilot Podcast.
0:36.0	Today I am talking with Mentor Pilot.
0:39.0	This is by far one of the most requested people that I have had on this episode as I've received so
0:44.3	many D. M. emails asking me to get better on please get better on I want to hear his
0:48.5	story whether you're a European follower an American follower you will truly love his story and how he became a pilot.
0:55.0	It's very interesting to hear the different side of aviation, to hear the European side of aviation
0:59.3	and the differences between IASA and FAA or before IASA came about when Mentor Pilots started his training a couple years ago.
1:06.4	Some of the things that we find out in Mentor Pilots training are how he knew he wanted to be a pilot at a very young age. We talk about how you're very fortunate to figure out
1:14.8	when you want to be a pilot early in your career because you can focus as hard as you want and focus all of your
1:19.8	attention on that one goal to become a pilot and you can set yourself up for a very very early
1:24.6	and successful career.
1:26.1	We talk about how Petter became a firefighter in its training.
1:29.8	We talk about how Petter climbed the ladder at his airline and is now a simulator instructor.
1:34.2	We also talk about proper CRM and how to manage emergencies.
1:37.7	And most importantly, we talk about the 1500 hour rule.
1:40.4	We talk about kind of the negative aspects of the 1500 hour rule and how you don't have to have a 1500 hour rule how a 250 hour well trained pilot can perform just as well as someone with 1500 hours.
1:51.0	Avian Nation, I hope you guys enjoy today's episode. If you do, please leave
1:54.9	your review on iTunes. You can check us out on Facebook and Instagram at Pyout the Pilot.
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