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Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Stan Kuliavas: Levaero Aviation

Pilot to Pilot - Aviation Podcast

Justin Siems

Leisure, Hobbies, Business, Aviation, Careers

4.9938 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

What is going on Avination, welcome to episode #52 featuring Stan Kuliavas from Levaero Aviation. In this episode, Stan and I talk about what it is like to go to Embry Riddle without wanting to become a pilot, how he had zero interest in aviation even though his dad was involved in aviation and much more.

  • How Stan took his first intro flight.
  • How Stand is thankful his dad didn’t push aviation on him.
  • Why you have to love the process of becoming an airline pilot.
  • How your first few hundred hours really mold you into the pilot you will be later in your career.
  • We talk about what General aviation in Canada is like.
  • How Stan learned quite quickly that he didn’t want to be an Air Canada pilot.
  • How the “aviation bug” can be different for everyone.
  • Stan figured out that he wanted to fly when he wanted to, not when he had too.
  • Why Stan chose to go to Embry Riddle.
  • You can go to Riddle and not want to be a pilot.
  • How Ohio State went from wanting to get rid of their Aviation Program to wanting to keep it and build on it.
  • Did you know Embry Riddle had athletics?
  • How Stan had the bright idea to move back to Canada from Florida.
  • We talk about what it is like to work in Sales for a fractional company.
  • How it is important to always try to learn new things.
  • How you are either getting better or getting worse
  • We talk about when the podcast started getting some traction.
  • Why it is important to put yourself out there and be vulnerable.
  • Stan talks about ocean crossing with a PC12.

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0:00.0

Episode 52 of the Pilot, the Pilot Podcast, takes off now.

0:07.0

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0:16.3

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0:20.3

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0:24.0

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0:27.0

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0:31.8

with annual flight training scholarships of more than $1 million

0:34.8

awarded through four programs. The last time to apply is April 2nd. And like I always say, you never know

0:41.2

if you will be getting the scholarship, so always apply.

0:44.0

You never know what might happen.

0:45.6

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

0:49.2

My name is Justin and I am your host.

0:51.3

Today I'm talking with Stan from Lavero Aviation.

0:54.6

Some of the things Stan and I talk about in today's podcast

0:57.1

or how Stan had zero interest in aviation as a kid,

1:00.3

even though his dad was heavily involved in the aviation industry.

1:03.2

We talk about how and why Stan took his very first intro flight.

1:06.8

How Stan is very thankful his dad didn't push him into aviation and he let aviation

1:11.3

come to him. Why you have to love the process of becoming an airline pilot or even just be coming into the aviation industry as a whole.

1:18.0

It's very much a delayed gratification industry and you have to put your time in and enjoy the process of becoming a pilot

1:24.3

or involved in the aviation industry. How your first few hundred hours really mold

1:28.6

you into the pilot you will become later in your career. We talk about general aviation

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