Michael Healey: Commercial Pilot & College Student

Pilot to Pilot podcast episode 33 ft. Michael Healey: Commercial Pilot and College Student.

What is going on Avination and welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast. Today, I am talking with Michael Healey. Michael is a current commercial pilot that is balancing both being a college student and flight training.

Some of the things we talk about in today's episode.

• Why Michael became a pilot.
• How he wanted to originally be a filmmaker.
• How Instagram actually led to him wanting to learn to fly.
• How Michael how to get over motion sickness on his path to becoming a pilot.
• How GingerAle helped Michael get over motion sickness.
• We talk about Michaels flight training.
• How everyone learns at their own pace.
• I talk about why I chose aerial survey.
• Why I chose to fly for a single pilot IFR operation.
• Why it is important to use shepherd air for all of your written exams.
• How he taxied the wrong way on his Private pilot check-ride.
• How and Why his Private Pilot check ride was the hardest check ride he ever took.
• What his training was like once he started College.
• How you need to be on your game during your instrument training.
• Michael gives his advice as to how a college student can fly while in school.
• Why it is important to surround yourself with people that have the same goals you do.
• How he got to tag along in king airs.
• How Michaels nickname was “kid behind the fence”
• His first experience with dodging weather.
• How he got to be a campus ambassador for Republic airlines.
• Why Michael really likes Republic airlines.
• How different airlines work for different people.
• Michael talks about what working in Charter Sales is like.
• Why he wished he would have done more research on his flight school.

Avination, thank you for listening to today's episode. If you enjoyed it, please let me know! Email me at pilottopilothq@gmail.com or reach out to me on Instagram @pilottopilot. Also, make sure to check out the Pilot to Pilot patreon page.

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Happy Flying,

Justin