8 episodes of The Aviation Business Podcast on pilot careers - interviews with flight school owners, CFIs and aviation business leaders.
Your students want to fly for an airline. Most of them have no idea what an airline actually is. They picture the flight deck. They do not picture the people who decide whether that airplane flies th
From Flight Attendant to Furlough to CFI in 18 Months Most pilots wear one hat. Our latest guest wears three at once, and she does each one well. Carly Chamerlik is an active CFI in Tennessee, a
Joe Gilroy walked off a Delta A330 flight deck for the last time on March 6, 2026. He was 65. He had no intention of stopping. In this episode of the Aviation Business Podcast, Dan Gill sits down wit
Most flight school owners think fleet growth is a capital problem. You need more aircraft, but you do not have the cash, and traditional lenders do not understand your business. In this episode of The
Matt Wilkins knows exactly what it feels like to run out of money mid-certificate and stop flying. He started his private pilot at Auburn University in 2007, earned his license, began instrument train
If you run a flight school, you have probably watched a student go from motivated to missing. They come in ready to fly, grind through ground school, show up for their first few lessons, and then some
Beau Garrett didn't set out to start a watch brand. He set out to solve a problem pilots kept complaining about at FBOs. What he built instead is a company that earned a design patent, a Wright Brothe
At Right Rudder Marketing (RRM), we recently had the opportunity to feature Sam Goodwin on our podcast. Sam is a world traveler, speaker, and pilot-in