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Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Pilot Maria: European Airline Pilot

Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Justin Siems

Leisure, Hobbies, Business, Aviation, Careers

4.9938 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

What is going on #Avination?! In today’s episode, I am talking with European airline pilot and mega aviation social media influencer @pilotmaria. It doesn’t matter if you are a major airline pilot, sim geek, or taking your first lesson today. This is an episode you do not want to miss. Some of the things we talk about in today’s episode. Why she became a pilot Differences between European and American flight training. Differences in Modular and Integrated training. The biggest struggle for her while in flight training. Why she went to South Africa for training. Why Bose A20’s are a must have for all pilots. How it took Maria two years to get a flying job after graduating flight school. Why pilots are so good at complaining. How she gave up her flying license for ten days. Why she started her Instagram page @pilotmaria And how she met @mariathepilot and @flymalin. If you enjoyed today's episode, please let us know. Either email us at [email protected] or reach out to us on Instagram @pilottopilot. Happy Flying #Avination! Justin Links Bose A20 Aviation Headset with Bluetooth Dual Plug Cable, Black GoPro HERO5 Session Download Episode!

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0:00.0

The Pilot's Pilot Podcast takes off now.

0:04.0

Hi, Avonation.

0:07.0

My name is Maria Pedersen and I run the

0:15.2

Instagram account called Pilot Maria I fly the 737 around in Europe and this is my

0:20.6

story. What is going on, aviation, and welcome to the Pilot to Pilot Podcast.

0:26.0

My name is Justin Seams, and I am your host.

0:28.0

Today we are talking with Pilot Maria.

0:31.0

I still can't even believe that we're able to get Pilot

0:33.3

Marie to come on. It just goes to show how much Maria truly loves aviation and

0:37.6

I truly think that sharing her story will help women in aviation and anyone

0:41.5

want to get into this amazing career.

0:43.5

Some of the things that we talk about today,

0:45.4

how our dad unintentionally gave her the aviation bug,

0:48.2

the biggest struggle for her in her training,

0:50.3

what private aviation is like in Europe,

0:52.1

a couple scary stories from her training and flying throughout Europe before she was flying 737s and how it took her two years from completing pilot training to get a job with the airline that she is currently at.

1:03.2

And just basically what she did in those two years to fill that void and if she

1:08.1

ever thought about quitting aviation. I truly hope that you guys enjoyed today's

1:11.4

episode. It was a lot of fun to talk with

1:13.0

Maria to talk about the differences between aviation and Europe and America and to see some

1:18.0

of the similarities that we have and that we all have our own individual struggles and

1:21.6

getting to where we want to get in our career.

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