Dianna Klein: United Airlines 787 Pilot

What is going on avination? Welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode 72 ft. Dianna Klein. Dianna has accomplished a lot in her aviation career, she is a 787 Dreamliner pilot and a C5 pilot in the Air Force Reserves. All while being a wife, mom and very active in her local community.

Some of the things Dianna and I talk about are...

• Dianna talks about why she got into aviation

• How her dad never pushed aviation on her.

• Why Dianna's military aviation career didn’t go as planned.

• Why Dianna chose Embry Riddle for her flight school.

• Why Dianna felt bad for her mom at sometimes in her training.

• How Dianna was able to leave early from high school to fly.

• Why Dianna wanted to go to the Air Force Academy to learn how to flying fighters.

• When Dianna knew she caught the aviation bug

• Dianna talks about being very focused on her training.

• Dianna talks about struggling with math with the SAT.

• Dianna didn’t let a setback deter her aviation dreams.

• Why it is important to have your own board of personal directors.

• Dianna talks about how 9/11 affected her and her family.

• How Dianna built her time.

• We talk a little bit of the struggle of building your time.

• Dianna talks about getting hired by American Eagle.

• How Dianna was always pursuing the Air Force Reserves

• Dianna talks about her military flight training and how she loved it.

• The importance of being financially aware as a pilot.

• Talks about her dreams and goals personal and aviation-related.

• The importance of learning to say no.

• How important it is to ask for help when you need it.

• We talk about the importance of getting more women into aviation.

• What needs to be done to get more aviators to get into aviation.

• Dianna talks about her sons thinking about aviation.

• What it is like to fly the C5.

• She talks about the difficulties his husband had transitioning from fighter pilot to an airline pilot.

• She talks about the importance of teamwork in aviation (military and civilian).

• Dianna talks about some emergency situations in the C5.

• The kinds of missions Dianna would fly as a C5 pilot.

• Dianna talks about working on the management side of United while being a line pilot.

• What it is like to work 9 days a month.

• What her future looks like at United... Possible management or stay as a line pilot.

• Dianna faces the rapid-fire section.

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Happy Flying,

Justin