Will I Be Single (Engine) Forever?
Thanks to my military flying background, I have a lot of pilot friends who either have flown mostly turboprops, or mostly single-engine aircraft. I also…
Tag: Active Duty Transition
Air Reserve Technician (ART) Explained
The Guard and Reserve offer a myriad of job choices for the military aviator. Of the full-time positions available, one of the options is the…
What’s With All The Turbo…Drama?
It seems like once a week someone asks me a version of this question: “Most of my hours are turboprop time. Will that hurt my chances…
How Long Will it Take? Wrong Question!
Originally posted June 4, 2019 on The Pilot Network by Jason Depew, TPN Staff Writer Do you remember that person from high school who, after being…
Nonrev Travel – The Overlooked Benefit
Originally posted on the TPN Community Website on May 9, 2017 I’ve worked hard to compare military vs airline compensation. My actual first-year pay ended up higher than…
Ideal Military Pilot Career Path – Making it Happen – Part 3
Welcome back TPN [and BogiDope readers.] If you’re just joining us, we’re talking about the ideal career path for military pilots. Go ahead and catch…
Ideal Military Pilot Career Path – Making it Happen – Part 2
Welcome back. This is the second part of a discussion on what I consider to be the ideal career path for a military pilot. If…
Ideal Military Pilot Career Path – Spelling it Out – Part 1
BogiDope readers, I continue to believe that a pilot can achieve the Ultimate Military Pilot Career Path by skipping Active Duty altogether and just joining…
A Day/Trip in the Life…of an Airline Pilot
Greetings TPN! This post was started a while ago, before I wrote my Second Year in Review. I’d been trying to come up with something…
Seniority is Everything
I was scheduled to work a grueling 13 days last month. I got paid for all 13 days, but only worked for 8 of them.…