Job Hunting for Pilots: Networking Your Way to a Flying Job, Second Edition [Paperback]

Gregory N. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2001 | ISBN-10: 0813810426 | ISBN-13: 978-0813810423 | Edition: 2 Sub

Finding the right job in aviation requires skills they don't teach you in flight school. In this useful and informative guide, Greg Brown shares his insights about meeting the right people and making the right impression, thus allowing you to take control of your career and increase your rate of climb professionally. Updated and revised, This second edition provides readers with the necessary methods for successful networking in aviation. Included are useful tactics for optimizing relationships with aviation colleagues and friends and a discussion of the promise and pitfalls of job hunting via the internet. Other features include: planning your pilot career, developing career contacts, resumes, cover letters, and applications, gaining interview confidence, advice for college and flight school students, advice for new professional pilots, and advice for transitioning military aviators.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The definitive book for getting ahead in this business."  --Capt. O. J. Alexander, pilot interviewer for a major airline

"Well written, creative and accurate...There's a lot of meat in those few pages."  --Dr. Charles Ahlstrand, director of the Career Center at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott, Arizona

"So, I put out my ten resumes and waited, and waited, and waited...I had never read any books that explain just how important networking is in getting an airline job, let alone how to go about it." --Darius W. Johnson, commuter captain

From the Back Cover

Whether your goal is jet captain, flight instructor, or any other pilot position, Job Hunting for Pilots will help you take command of your career. For first job to last you'll find pilot resumes, cover letters, interview preparation and much more -- addressing everyone from aspiring pilots to transitioning military aviators and old pros changing jobs or careers.
What's more, only Job Hunting for Pilots shows how to develop those all-important inside contacts who can help you more quickly achieve your dream flying job. Join thousands of pilots who've advanced their careers through the aid of this unique book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Iowa State Press; 2 Sub edition (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813810426
• ISBN-13: 978-0813810423
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,872,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Greg Brown's love for flying is obvious to anyone who knows his "Flying Carpet" column in AOPA Flight Training magazine, or who has read his books, You Can Fly!, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane, The Savvy Flight Instructor, The Turbine Pilot's Flight Manual, and Job Hunting for Pilots.

A CFI since 1979, Greg was 2000 Industry/FAA National Flight Instructor of the Year, and winner of the 1999 NATA Excellence in Pilot Training Award. He has flown professionally in both scheduled and corporate aviation, and holds an ATP pilot certificate with Boeing 737 type rating, and Flight Instructor certificate with all fixed-wing aircraft ratings. In addition, Greg was the first "Master CFI" designated by the National Association of Flight Instructors.

More recently Greg's activities have turned to non-fiction and creative writing. Author of five commercially published books with more in progress, Mr. Brown was named November 2003 Barnes & Noble Arizona Author of the Month. Some reviewers have compared his book, Flying Carpet, to sixties road-trip classics like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Mr. Brown is also in his tenth year as aviation adventure columnist for Flight Training, a national newsstand magazine published by the world's largest pilot association.

For those bewildered by Greg's schizophrenia between the arts and aviation, some understanding may be derived from one of his favorite quotes, taken from The War in the Air, 1922, by Sir Walter Raleigh: "The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul."

Visit Greg's web page at http://www.GregBrownFlyingCarpet.com
Join his Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/GregBrownFlyingCarpet

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for any serious wantabee Commercial pilot., July 20, 2000

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David (Victoria, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Job Hunting for Pilots: Networking Your Way to a Flying Job (Paperback)

Excellent value for money and one of the few books that cover the topic of what you do after you obtain your Commercial licence. Indeed, that should read what you do BEFORE you obtain your Commercial pilots licence. Using the information in 'Job Hunting' I managed to obtain a first job float plane position before I even had the float endorsement and that was in addition to being on the north side of age 40. Now working as a Flight Instructor I recommend 'Job Hunting' to Commercial students as both a guide to getting that all important first job and as a bible of inspiration that says, Yes, you too can get a flying job if you follow the tips in Brown's book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting product, August 7, 2011

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I am very happy with this product which exactly match with the description I had read before purchasing. The waiting period was the one annouced on the website. Very nice :)

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for any serious wantabee Commercial pilot., July 20, 2000

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David (Victoria, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Job Hunting for Pilots: Networking Your Way to a Flying Job (Paperback)

Excellent value for money and one of the few books that cover the topic of what you do after you obtain your Commercial licence. Indeed, that should read what you do BEFORE you obtain your Commercial pilots licence. Using the information in 'Job Hunting' I managed to obtain a first job float plane position before I even had the float endorsement and that was in addition to being on the north side of age 40. Now working as a Flight Instructor I recommend 'Job Hunting' to Commercial students as both a guide to getting that all important first job and as a bible of inspiration that says, Yes, you too can get a flying job if you follow the tips in Brown's book.