Any pilot can be a professional. It is the attitude and scope of the training that sets you apart. Always improving, not allowing complacency to enter into normal operations, and managing situations by taking on new problems with a methodical procedure are what yield consistent safe outcomes.

Who are Professional Pilots?

Questions from a young pilot

1. How much will I get paid?
2. When do I become a Captain?
3. What are my benefits?
4. What is the minimum training for the least cost?
5. Do I have to study much to get my ratings?

While these can be valid questions, they indicate a the wrong attitude and priorities to a prospective employer.

Analogy

Hiring pilots is similar to choosing chocolate chip cookies. Do you prefer the uniform small bagged factory cookies or the larger ones in the bakery section in clear containers?

How did they get that way? One uses the least cost method (disguised with fancy marketing and advertising) and the other uses the best value and high quality method.

Cost of Training

If the cost of the training were a good indicator of quality and professionalism, it would only be a matter of laying the receipts on the table for past training. We know this is ludicrous. A better measure would be the quality of training for the price paid. This is accomplished by subtle means not usually noticeable to the applicant.

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