Hey Ryan huge fan. I'm an aspiring pilot and you do the exact type of flying that I want to do in the future. I had just a few questions for you about your quality of life. I'm just like you in that I want to be home most nights. 1. What does a typical month's schedule look like for you? 2. Do you know your month's schedule ahead of time? 3. Generally, how many days away from home are you? 4. Are you allowed to use the aircraft for personal trips? If so, how much can you use it, how many people can you take? How far can you go etc. Sorry for the long post, great approach captain!
First off, thanks for watching! I'll try to give you the most detail I can. If you haven't already, check out my "How do I get to Fly Private Jets for a Living" video. I answer some of these questions in greater detail. 1. It varies widely! It is so hard to predict. I have a full time job flying one airplane, then I fly and manage a few others on the side. It is getting busier every day. 2. I tend to have a pretty good idea a couple of weeks in advance, but there are the occasional pop up trips. That's the nature of the corporate world. 3. The past few months, I have been extremely busy. I am flying almost every single day. The best part about the flying I do though, is that I am home almost every night. I am extremely blessed to have this flexibility. This is NOT the norm. 4. I do not get to use the airplane for personal use, but on certain trips my family can come with me. We have a lot of flexility in our lives, so we frequently have family vacations on one of these airplanes - just on the owner's schedule and not ours. My most recent video series is my family coming along on a beach trip. My wife has been skiing and to the Bahamas on these airplanes with me, my oldest daughter has been able to come to Vail for lunch with me, and my family has had multiple beach trips on the aircraft. In fact, my family has flown private 98% of the trips they have taken. I want to stress however, that this is not the norm out there. I am truly blessed.
Wow, that was amazing! I’m currently working on my instrument rating, and watching this video makes me understand why this rating is so important yet difficult. To see you break out 100 feet above minimums was incredible! Thank you so much for sharing, it really helps, a student pilots understand what the instrument rating is really all about. Fly well, brother!
Thank you! That was always something I loved to watch as well before I became a full time pilot. It really helped me watching Steevo, P1D, and Guido working like pros in the environment.
I did that once in a 1969 C150 into Fresno Chandler back in the early 90’s. No Autopilot, broke out around 800-1000 can’t really remember exactly. This was as a newly minted Instrument Rated PPL. Exciting, Tense, etc. My Father-in-Law was waiting for me at the Coffee Shop. Lets just say He was impressed as Hell, being a non IFR rated PPL. One other time into SMO, I couldn’t feel my legs when I got out. They literally had turned to jelly. Almost quit right then and there but it was amazing.
@@TheRunwayRyannice piece of flying friend took me back to years ago when I was flying the old 500 and 501 my hearing and eyesight crapped out on me had to retire but lord what fun it was.
Ya, unfortunately all of the CJ's except for the CJ4 do NOT have an electrically heated windshield. They are very prone to fogging up in these conditions. I'm also working on better camera placement going forward.
Hey, thanks for watching! To answer your question, Yes and no. There are multiple ways to disconnect the autopilot. If I push the red AP DISC button, then yes it turns off both the AP and YD. If I pull down on the AP DISC switch on the AP panel, it functions the same. If I push both halves of the trim switches up or down briefly, then it only disconnects the AP while leaving the YD engaged. Because of that, this is how I typically disconnect the AP, that way the YD stays engaged.
I’m not I FR rated… I guess in this case it’s a good thing, because that landing would have scared the crap out of me. I know, rely on your instruments.😮
