🛩️ zero questions Trent 🛫 however congratulations as always and never stop with the information on the pilots 2.0 45-50-60-70+ age group! Also the multi engine 18 day schedule opportunities to gain multi engine time is of GREAT use! Have a great weekend 💪🏻🇺🇸🛩️🏆
That is awesome! I’m rooting for your success :) Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment. It all helps my channel to grow and help more guys/gals like us!!
Congratulations on the 500+ hours and your success. I'm about to start the same journey. I'm a little older, turning 56 this month, but have reached the point where I can easily retire from corporate life. Instead of sitting around doing nothing, it is time to jump to career 3.0 to have some fun. I want to follow your path but most of the local schools can't handle the accelerated path so I'm still looking for the right school/instructor. I had also planned to leverage my LLC to start a private flight instruction business as a next step to head toward corporate jets. Best of luck and and thanks for all the videos. Wayne
Love the content as always! Can’t wait to watch the video about the survey company. I’m only 12 hours in, but hoping to follow your path. Blue skies Trent!
Congratulations on the hours! Career 5.0 here with a similar story to yours. I was interested in checking out your Flowster but could not find the link. Interested in following your journey.
Your path and mine are very similar. I'm driving hard to be employed commercially next year. Took my Instrument checkride Nov 7 which also broke 500hrs for me. I turned 50 three days later. Commercial multi by April. Then I ditch the desk for good. 😎
Congratulations Trent! Very cool to see your progress and how you are doing it. Also, I’m pretty sure you say “unpack” in some form in each video. That maybe a theme for another channel… “Unpacking stuff with Trent” Keep it coming!
Bahaha! I’m sure I do say that often! Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment. It all helps my channel to grow and help more guys/gals like us!!
Hey Trent, congrats on hitting 500 hours! I'm starting CFI training at 28 after beginning at 8. Your insight and perseverance are inspiring. Your self-created online training syllabus is fantastic. As a CFI, I'll use AOPA's free Flight Training syllabus and the Jeppesen syllabus for my students. Having a structured syllabus is crucial, and I appreciate your approach. Excited for your future videos, and best of luck with potential aerial survey jobs, especially the multi-engine opportunity. Keep up the great work as an aviation role model!
Hey Marshall….you’re welcome! Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment. It all helps my channel to grow and help more guys/gals like us!! BTW, I’ve got a free email course on how to become a professional pilot as fast as possible. The course covers things like how to study to the written exams, how to pick a school, how much to expect to spend, how to get financing, etc….If you’d like to gain access, just go to FlyWithTrent.com and become an email subscriber.
Congrats on 500 Trent! I am training myself working towards my PPL right now. Career 2.0 for myself. I am in my early 30’s. Keep the content coming. Really learning a lot and enjoying the videos.
Fantastic!! I am 3.3 hours into my training, I found an independent instructor that just started his own school, but isn't focused on training new pilots for the private, which is what I'm doing right now. He's an instructor pilot at United and flies a couple days a month for them. He chose the Sporty's groundschool program, which has a syllabus to follow and is pretty easy to follow. I'll be taking the knowledge test soon after completing 2 practice tests in the app. Winter came to Colorado this week so I'm in the books this weekend 😅
If you look at the pages on my website for the private, instrument, and commercial training, you will find links to demo workflows. If they appeal to you and you would like to get copies of them that you can actually use, just go ahead and sign up for a paid Flowster account and then reach out to me, and I will provide you the links to import them into your account.
congrats on the hours and this video was awesome. I love the insight into how you're able to be successful as a CFI. I'd love more videos like this to help prepare for the future. You're essentially a whole lot of peoples digital mentor guiding them like your mentor did you. another great video, thanks for the constant value
Trent, excellent advice! I’m curious about the independent CFI approach. You mentioned that you “found a flight school that wasn’t very busy” and started instructing there. After a month of slow schedule, you started drumming up your own students. Love it! Are you running your students through the flight school for scheduling, billing, insurance, etc? It seems wise to let the flight school handle operational overhead. They get more students, more aircraft rental hours, and a cut of your CFI hourly rate. Or do you have some other creative arrangement with the local flight school?
Hi Trent, I assume its a specific insurance as a CFI? Or is there more to the insurance aspect that one should be aware of if going the freelance cfi route?
Thanks for watching! The school that I attended is headed into their worst weather of the year….plus they have a large waitlist. So…to help my viewers get trained faster, I’ve just formed a partnership with a terrific school in Arizona. You can watch a video about it here flywithtrent.com/flight-training-in-mesa/
Your aviation content is among my favorites. Not career 2.0 but it is relatable. Still debating getting my CFI, but if I ever do, I might teach at a school first to get going and switch to independant when I get the traction. Your numbers are inspiring. I also noticed how content creation + teaching is the best way to not dread this job. The pay and QOL of life seem significantly better. I run a low time pilots newsletter, a bunch of people like me, running away from teaching (😂). Now, I KNOW I have to dedicate one send to this trending way of CFI-ing. Poeple lack the imagination, linking them this video will help them understand how this is the way to go in the attention market. A few downsides maybe, but the benefits outweigh them tremendously. I will let you know when I link your videos to my subs. Thanks Trent! Looking forward to the SolAerial interview. (haha)
After competing 1500 hours as a CFI, is hard to get a job as a regional? How quickly can you get a job. Also would you need to complete the ATP Certificate (written, oral, checkride) straight after completing 1500 hours and before applying for a job?
With an FAA ATP licence and 1500 hours, can you get a job outside the USA, my goal is to be flying in the middle east e.g. emirates, flydubai etc. So with an FAA licence which countries asside from (Europe and UK) can you go for a job?
Thanks this is great content! I just found your channel via the Pro Pilot Playbook guys. I am a 33yo, IR PPL with ~200TT. I currently work in software but am burning out. Have always wanted to pursue aviation as a career but keep scratching my head on how I leave my 150K salary to go CFI while having a family to support. Need to get creative! I love the hustler mindset you have. It’s inspiring!
Congratulations!! Watched many of your videos. Just finished my PPL in 4 months. Wanted to do it quicker. Looking for advice from you or any others on how to pick up the pace. Located in northwest Montana. More than willing to relocate. You need any more dedicated students? Did part 61. Not really interested in 141. Thanks!
Discovered your RU-vid channel and thoroughly enjoyed your content! I'm interested in connecting and exploring potential opportunities. Would you prefer a direct message or is a business email more suitable for communication?
If you remind me which workflow I was referring to, I will add it to the description. BTW, I’ve got a free email course on how to become a professional pilot as fast as possible. The course covers things like how to study to the written exams, how to pick a school, how much to expect to spend, how to get financing, etc….If you’d like to gain access, just go to FlyWithTrent.com and become an email subscriber.
Hey Trent, can you get a PPL and then your CFI certificate and start doing that. Or is there a specific order you have to get them in before you can get your CFI. Also when you’re an instructor do those training hours you do count towards your flight hours also? Thanks, love your videos
Thanks for watching them! Here’s your answer atpflightschool.com/become-a-pilot/airline-career/flight-instructor-certificate.html#:~:text=While%20there%20is%20no%20specific,with%20several%20associated%20sub%2Drequirements.
Great stuff career 2.0 for me also at 54 working towards being a corporate pilot. Working on my Instrument and commercial now. Currently a filmmaker and veteran. Civil Air Patrol is also a great way for you to contribute and be a mission transport pilot in your region. Good material. Cheers
Congratulations for the 500 and your podcast. My story is similar as your. PPL at 18 years hold, a career away from aviation, than 2.0 at 46. Within 20 months, become a E175 captain, from the time I signed out for commercial, twin IFR, a lot of cross country and island flying, FAA, ATPL and Captain type rating. I am now 56 and still have aviation gold.
Congrats and respect to your steady progress, Trent! Could you explain a little about your relationship with the “not so busy flight school” you have mentioned? I guess you do not work for them, so, you just rent aircrafts from them? I guess I want to know more about how you operate as an independent instructor. I appreciate your description of marketing and the student management in this video.
It is a very simple relationship. My students rent their aircraft, and I instruct my students in those aircraft. They receive the money for the aircraft rental, and I receive the money for the instruction.
@@trent_dyrsmidThank you for the reply! So, your student technically belongs to the flight school but they don’t get instruction from them, your obligation is just to the student, you have pre-arranged with the flight school that they are ok with it. Something like that? It is cool that you’ve been able to do that. I’m 53 yo with PPL and have been seeking a way to make aviation a next career. Along came your channel, and it has been so inspiring and informative. I really appreciate, and truly wish you a good luck.
How do you keep track of where each student is at any given time? Say "bobby" is a new pre solo student on his 3rd lesson and "jenny" is working on maneuvers for a commercial? Memory is not my strong suit and I have to write down everything, how do you keep track who's who and which is which? Is it that flowster app you mentioned?
Congrats on the milestone. I love watching an entrepreneur mindset attacking the 1,500 hours. I would have hired you on the spot, even knowing you wouldn’t last long because you belong working for yourself. But anyone that hires you along the way would have some great insight on how to make their company better.
I'm also a career 2.0 guy. I'm retiring from law enforcement next June and will have my 1500 fairly soon. How do you manage to book aircraft when you aren't working for a school and they are not privately owned? You seem to be a unicorn, congrats on the 500!
Thanks for the 500 hour update on your journey. And congrats on the early successes (and lessons learned). I’ll be reaching out to you for PPL - shooting for end of March start time and on a full time+ basis. 🤙🤙
Great work building a better process to support your training program! I really appreciate your tips and content! Approaching 500 hours myself and working to schedule my commercial checkride.
Create a RU-vid channel, publishing, a bunch of videos, and with a little luck, some of the people that are watching your videos will want to come and be your student.
I have been watching your channel for awhile. I would like your input and others on my situation. I retired from healthcare after 35 years as a registered nurse, emergency and critical care. 30 years ago achieved A&P mechanic, CFI, CFII and MEI. I don't know that it matters but I have degrees in geography, computer science and a masters in nursing education. Left aviation because of poor pay and wanted to raise my kids. I have been mostly out of aviation since though I did build and fly an airplane 6 years ago. I sold it when my wife said I could retire if we no longer had that expense - put it up for sale the next day. Here I am at 64 years with 850 hours of flight time and excellent health. Am I a viable candidate in today's environment? Curious what paths are open to me. Thanks for any and all input.
At this point, I’d say being a CFI is a no brainer for you. Airlines are out. You might be able to get some SIC work in the 135 world also. Maybe survey pilot, too. And that’s just the start. I’m sure people with more experience than me might have other suggestions.
Congrats on the Milestone! I am a career 2.0 guy in his 30s who just took a discovery flight and looking to start my journey as well, been loving your content as I get closer to starting my journey! great work, keep it up!!