Life quality as an airline pilot, pro's and con's
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In this video I will be discussing how life can be like for an airline pilot. I will be talking about my views on pro's and con's of the job and how it can effect family life.
I hope you will all like it!
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I am watching this 2015 vlog in 2020 and I am impressed with how much you have developed and improved your content. Not to say this is bad, not at all, but it’s wonderful to see how successful you have been with growing your channel, expanding your content and its whole aesthetic. Sometimes things only become noticeable when they are contrasted with something. You’ve really crafted a unique visual personality for your channel over these five years. Thank you for all the work you have been doing to make your channel something special for amateur (me) and professional aviation enthusiasts.
And overall he developed a lot his confidence and... Weight 🤣✌️ he looks so better now!
0:00 A legend is born
It is amazing how much Mentour Pilot has progressed! He never gave up and now in 2022 his content is so professional! Well done Mentour! Even this being his first video is still really good content!
You’ve made the perfect choice by making this video. I thank you for teaching me and many others about not only aviation but other things like life, physics, and much more. Again, I thank you for taking the initiative to start the Mentour Pilot channel.
On that day, a legend is born.
Anyways, nice video, thanks a lot!
I scrolled all the way back, too. It is amazing to see how much the channel has developed since this.
You can filter it to show the oldest video
I know a single pilot who flew private jets who finally gave it up because he was on call 24/7 and had to commute from where ever the plane landed back home.
I enjoy your videos.
Michael Stern expand on this, did he give up on the profession or get hired somewhere else?
It's always nice to know somebody that love his job.
I find myself as you and love every flight I do!, Hope to feel like this for a long time.
+Mentour Pilot Does all the paperwork take away from the fun?
+Mentour Pilot Thank you very much for this sound answer. It's easy to get caught up on details, but you are very right.
Do you think someone who cannot get a bachelor's degree still has a chance at flying, airline & flying altogether. Thanks.
+Edgar Castro where did you go to school or did you go to the military to get your training? I'm considering either going to Embry riddle to get my commercial license or go into the Air Force. I love flying and I want it to be my future and commercial piloting is one way I might get to do what I love!
+Edgar Castro well edgar if u r married how does ur wife feel that u satay away for couple days or weeks ?
Hi Solomon, I´m not married yet but it is not that bad, actually I think it can be something good for your marriage, when you get back from a 2 or 3 days trip you will see each other with more entusiastm.
But you will be more time at home that you think
6 years later still using your experience to produce informative content sounds like another plus
Lol, I’m just beginning the “deep dive” into Mentour’s video catalogue. I figure it’ll take me a few months to be able to catch up to the newest videos. Wish me luck.
Well at least the squeaky chair's gone.
So interesting to hear your outlook on pilot life vs. Kelsey over at 74Gear - who seems like a confirmed bachelor happy doing long hauls. Both of you do fantastic content and are obviously dedicated and excellent pilots. I love following you both, and your collaboration was great!
Alright so all my FSX buddies here, are we becoming pilots or not? :D
***** What a pleasant surprise I wasn't expecting a reply from you!! :D
But anyways I just wanna let you know I love your videos and am an aviation enthusiast myself. I dream of being a pilot however, I would wanna live a life slightly better than middle-class if you know what I mean. You said that being a pilot doesn't make you rich. But your car certainly gives a very wealthy impression about you.
+Mentour Pilot I started with flight sim about five years ago. Have my own set up. Last Saturday, I decided it was time to take it a step further and I did my first flight lesson. I absolutely loved it. I am jealous you do this for a living and I hope one day I'll be able to aswell. I do realize it would take a great amount of money to get there considering flight schools are expensive but I hope you give me some tips on how to be successful on my road to becoming a pilot. Thank you :D
+Mentour Pilot Alright, thank you!
+wwecool09 HELL YEAH I AM
FIRST STEPS: VATSIM
YOU NEED TO TRY IT, IT HAS ATC LIKE IN REAL LIFE
AND ITS FREE
Thanks! :D
I'm so glad for your mention of a partner who deals with everything while you're absent. I hope you continue to enjoy your life at home and at work.
May the Lord increase your days on earth
I ADORE how you are real and talk about things that's actually matter!
i love your videos really, is helping me to decide if I still want to become a pilot, because I am a family person and I want to have kids, I want to be there in every important step in their lives.
Don't get married or have kids and enjoy the pilot's life to the fullest, got it!
Were thinking d same.
NO! I want to have kids and be a husband
Lonely as fuck is what you will have. Once you get to 25 or so.
being a pilot, especially long distance flight pilot, u feel extremely isolated regardless u have many chicks or not
K or it could be stressful with the family, and happy and joyful alone, all depends on your preferencs
The legend was born.
Challenge accepted Petter! Oldest video available on your channel!
Hey Dude! Thanks for this. I am watching this content now in 2023 when it’s already 8 years old. I‘m just getting into aviation and tinkering with the idea of becoming an airline pilot. Would you mind revisiting these questions so that they reflect your current situation? You’re producing so much content nowadays. But how did your passion as an actual pilot develop? How much did the working conditions at the airline change? Are you still happy about your job? What changed generally in modern airlines? I would be most thankful for recent insights :))
This looks like your first vlog! I've never seen it before you suggested to take a look back. You've certainly improved your delivery and graphics since you started, but I think that even your recent changes have added to what you present. Thank you for everything you have been doing! BTW I'm just an aviation enthusiast who occasionally gets to be a passenger. I wish I could travel more and hope to be on your plane one day.
Thank you; this was so helpful!
I have never thought about being a pilot seriously until two days ago, but had thought about it in the back of my mind since I was a child- this was helpful information. (especially at a time when I must decide my future)
Honestly any job has pros and cons, the crucial thing to be happy is loving what you do, personally being an airline pilot is perfect for me and despite tough times like the ones we are living it’s a dream worth fighting for
This was great! Highly recommend it for aspiring commercial pilots :).
Thank you for all your amazing videos. You've made me realise that even at 33 it might not be to late to start my journey towards my dream! Keep up the good content man :) thanks from Wales!
Great! Good luck my friend!
How did it go?🙂
Thank you very much for taking the time to make these informative videos. I have recommended you to my son whom is currently doing his A320 TR at CTC. He will hopeful soon be joining you in the skies flying for a well known budget carrier. Keep up the good work!
I’m watching it in Feb 2022. I have to say that you improved a lot! Great job!
Well spoken, great advice. Thanks for making this video man, nice work.
first of all I would like to congratulate you for this fantastic channel. By the way you tell your story and the airline you are at, I hope you to be my TRI one day. I'm at that stage of feeling lost about my future as an airline pilot. now waiting for all my certificate and licenses to be prepared to begin to apply. Thanks for your videos, they are so useful
Thanks, it sounds so true, i just transited from domestic flying to long haul last month. it doesnt seem easy at all for my family. pay wise and job wise is very good, just looking for a way to get a balance between work and family.
Thank you so much for this video! I am planning to become a pilot, so this video suited me like a glove.
How’s the journey going so far if ya don’t mind my asking..?
I've been a subscriber for a few years now and just decided to go back to your earliest videos and I love the old content but obviously, as you should, you have developed and perfected your presentation and methodology and it shows how far you have come but I have a request/suggestion. I would love to see a good chunk of your old content topics covered in your newer developed style. This video is a perfect example. It would be interesting to see and hear a more advanced discussion with the animation and added research you presently do on how pilots balance career and family. In fact I've watched your first 7 videos from 9 years ago and all of them would make great videos. Regardless I love your page. I subscribe to several hundred CZcams pages and you and Milo miniminuteman are unquestionably my two favorites and have been for quite awhile now. Thank you for all the great content, history, information and entertainment.
I'm watching your channel in 2022! Love your content! Happy new year my friend!
Thanks so much for making this. Great idea, great video.
You're so excellent that I had to come back to your very first video (maybe) on this Channel! I can only wish you well. Still watching in 2022
Hey Petter, I'm a big fan of you and your channel. Cool to see where it all started. My original career aspiration was to become an airline pilot. I got part way through my PPL training way back in 1989, including about 15 hours of soloing (unforgettable!), but ended up giving up on the dream due to the high cost of training, and the poor job prospects at the time. I often wonder where I'd be now if I had pushed on. Anyway, now I live the dream through your "absolutely fantastic" channel, and through MS Flight Simulator, currently learning the PMDG Boeing 737-800.
Can you put a hula girl on the dashboard in the cockpit?
+Clifford Zellner yes
Yeah just tape it down
+Bailey Davis or don't
Hang some furry dice from the seatbelts light switch
Apparently those are sexist and racist now. Ha not my words 😂
Excellent video I just came across your channel whilst having a quick break from my ATPL theory studying and found it very motivating. I've now subscribed and I'll be sure to keep an eye out for more videos.
I'm studying the flight planning subject of my ATPL at the moment, so I would be grateful if you could do a video on what FP the flight crew actually do before a flight and where that is done. I've heard stories of pilots doing minimal flight planning and leaving it all to the operations officers but I've also spoke to crew who do some of the FP at home before even setting off for the crew room.
Very informative and glad you made such a great video too. Take care now.
Great channel, love it, very informative.Keep up the good work
So the answer to the biggest con as an airline pilot is just work for a regional so you can be home every night. There is a regional called widereøe in my country and it pays well.
Absolutley amazing video thanks! I'm beginning my career and it's goo dto know what to expect. I have no family life yet. In time things will change I appreciate the video and your perspective! I'll be watching many more of your videos Thank YOu!
Wow, 6 years ago Mentor Pilot! Yes, you have come a long way on your channel!
On that day, a legend is born.
Great video! Private pilot in the USA here wondering if I should go get the instrument rating. You have provided good food for thought!
Great Video and explanation Captain .
Heey! Im a 16 year old swedish boy (spelling is not my strong part of english so please excuse if you see some bad writing) and i litterly just noticed your channel amd this being the first video I've seen from you. And I've allways been strugeling whith the part of working as a pilot and still have time whith family, and everywhere i went it seemed like no one had any good answer. I love aviation and would love working as a pilot but have been a little bit worried about the inpact that would have on my future family life. This video was really well done and set up nicely it answered alot of questions alot of young pilots in my groups and social groups seeme to have. So really thankyou for a well thought out really ment to help nice video. As you can see writing isn't my greatest part of life but I still hope I got my message across
Really helpful video! Thank you so much!!
Thanks this helped me a lot, would love to be able to become an airline pilot one day.
really enjoyed the video, thank you
Could you make a separate video to talk about the paperwork as mentioned 4:36?
Always wanted to be a Train Driver, Ships Captain, Never Materialised....But, I Did become a Rolls Royce Technician on the Trent 1000....sky's the limit......I love my job because…
I love using the skills I’ve learnt to help build jet engines that are truly world class. My work and my inspections help ensure the safety of our airline crew and passengers, and it’s a privilege to be able to work on the most advanced jet engines in the world.
Not Boeing.
I am here to comment because of... your challenge :) And... this is the earlier content provided in here?... Anyways, time goes... flying :) I think that the time itself may be a pilot :))
Came here from the latest post! Great content as always
u explain so well !
I think that this was very well explained, this information is invaluable.
As an aspiring pilot, this is very motivating and exciting to me.
Greetings from Calgary, AB Canada.
Thanks Captain!
+Mentour Pilot I shall do!
thanks mate for sharing
This is a great video! I'm currently considering a career change into aviation and as a mother of 9 month old, I have a lot to weigh up before I make any decisions.
Your video is quite inspiring, especially the advantage of having plenty of time off to spend with your family and being able to do a job you love.
I would love to know if you know any mummy pilots and how they find juggling life in the sky vs life as a mum??
Kära nån vad du såg annorlunda ut med glasögon 🤓! Så, nu har jag kommenterat på din äldsta video 🙂 tack för snart sju år av videor av allt högre kvalitet 👍🏻🥳
Thanks for the video.
Hi Mentour. I've just discovered your channel and it's absolutely great - you articulate things in a clear and concise way that's also really interesting. I'd love to see a video on how the profession differs for men and women, for example maternity leave, height restrictions (if any) for female pilots and any challenges females in the aviation world face that men don't (and vice versa). Great work, Mentour!
Mentour Pilot Thanks for your response - it's something I'd love to see as I'm a female looking a career in aviation. I know it'll vary by airline but any knowledge or expertise is appreciated. Keep up the great work - you've got a new subscriber!
Hi , can you please do a video on pilot's health, fitness and eyesight requirements and spectacles , there is alot of myths in aviation regarding about this , thanks in advance
Thank you for sharing this, this is really helpful for me since I am training to become a pilot and hopefully and airline pilot soon! :)
Thank you!
+Samadhi Herath hey how's it going ? , the training is it easy thr theory?
+Megadelorix I found the theory to be easier than training because with training you have to have a feel for what you are doing. It took me a while to get where I'm in training :) but what you have to do is be headstrong and say your not going to quit and continue. Think about the end goal, the dream!
+Samadhi Herath where are you completing you're pilot course? which country? and is the maths hard because I'm not a math genius
+Megadelorix no the math is easy for me. I was training at University of North Dakota, one of the best aviation universities in the world. But recently I moved to another state so I'm gonna continue somewhere else, it's a aviation school not a uni. And it's more affordable, that's the main reason I'm moving. I really do like math I find it easy Cz I have done up to applied calculus in high school. However I had to retake math once in uni because I'm coming from Iceland so they didn't accept so yeah. Oh the country is USA
This is awesome:)
thanks you soo much for the response appreciate you taking the time to response .
So this is where it all started 🤩
Absolutely Fantastic 😎
Great channel
Superb Explanation 👌👌👌👌
So this is where it all started.
Honestly a pilots life sounds too busy for me but I feel like each landing I pull off would be like an achievement.
Another guy in the comment section also had a question of what you make. Now I know that it varies from company to company, what you fly/size of it but still knowing a REAL number is very reassuring compared to just some number online. I do understand that this is very personal question and you could just pop out a figure of around what you make to alleviate any awkwardness. Thx.
When you walk out of school, do you start off as a first office right away ?
Also how many years of experience do you have to have before you can apply for a captain position ?
Thanks a lot for sharing Mentor...It's the first video I watched of you...Count me in your channel...I hope to seat near you one day...or talk to you in the same frequency :)
i was once told if you want to do long haul flying
bring a deck of cards because it will be very boring
how true is that statement?
Just recently this week I passed my medical exam and also my passed my ALPT. The next step is to wait for the program to begin in September
Thanks captain
7:09 "I dreamt [...] about sipping *non-alcoholic* drinks around the pool". LOL :-) This happens when you are so well trained: your dreams are well trained too. :-)
Thank you for your video.
I am actually a commercial pilot from Canada with over 7000hrs flying.. but it's all SE in 6 seat bush planes.
Cool Mentour Pilot,very real,very heartfelt insight,being in the transportation business for 28 years,nice to see your positive outlook,do your co-workers takes their familes or partners on trips?Also you mention flying the Boeing...do you also have any Airbus jets? What is your favorite jet to fly? Thanks and safe travels friend.
Please post videos about how to become a airline pilot and all the best
Can you do a video on the actual school requirements you will basically need for being a airline pilot
Matthew Woodard get your private, commercial, instrument then your able to try once you get enough hours.. but you will be flying small aircraft to start.
Hi, I have a question but first I would really like to say that your channel is by far the most informative about pilot profession!
I have a question related to the on-job stress. How stressful it is from your experience? What parts of the flight or pre-flight the most stressful to you and how you handle it?
Being a pilot was my dream and I managed to apply in military academy to fly jets. I almost finished but when we reached advanced training I started to feel like my motivation and love of flight decline, when missions and flight became more advanced and complicated, I felt it was very fast paced with lots of tasks that you have to do very fast, like doing all pre-flight check in like 7 minutes and be ready with your lead on the runway, also lots of unexpected parameters of the mission that can change in mid-flight, communications with the squad and controller, and having dogfights that feels like having a gym time only you have to give your 100% on it. All this stress kinda made me lose passion in my dream job. But now after I dropped out I feel this stupid bug to want to fly again and I thought maybe give it another chance as civil aviation is less chaotic and fast-paced and more structural. What do you think?
You came a long way since this!
Great video! I know this is late but I've only just discovered your channel and I'm getting through the videos.
1) Do you usually only have only 1 or 2 rest or standby days in a row before a flight day?
2) Is it unlikely you will be called upon a standby day?
Thanks!!!
Hi, I am a 16 year old aspiring to be an airline pilot in the near future. Can you explain what your route and journey was towards becoming an airline pilot?
I am 16 as well I have done a bit of research and I feel a pilot school called CTC Wings might be the way to go
+Sidd Motorsport yep ctc and cae oxford, both very good. I start with ctc soon!
I have just finished my application for CTC Wings. Let's hope it all goes well
Sidd Motorsport one tip is book a medical early, im waiting on my medical to start, haha!
Sidd Motorsport how did it go? :D
Love ur videos sir
this is very informative video! thanks! with which company do you fly?
If I become a pilot, will I have extra time to take up a bussiness as a second job?
Found your first video!
Hi Capital :P ...thanks for the video Im from Argentina and Im very very interested to become a Pilote :) ...I will love yo have a Mentour Pilot like you...unfortunately I have to work hard for pay my studies so... love the video thx for you time nice job :D
Hi!
How many days you have time to rest in a month and how long holidays you have in a year?
I found your first video!
Thank you very much for your point of view about the pilot life.
Starting the type rating with the same airline in August ! :)
Looking forward to flying together and I hope to get the base I want (Bergamo)
Keep up the good work !
***** hey man aren't divorces mainly caused by fa(s)? And this might sound a bit too personal but how much do they pay you there? They pay pilots about $50-60k a year here in the Philippines for long haul pi(s)
***** and I meant IP**
Wow thanks for the quick reply and btw you said that you fist flew a plane when you were 13 right? Is that even allowed?? I'm 13 turning f
--14 tomorrow and all i did was drive a car ://
Speaking of divorces... Wouldn't it be a good thing to discuss about relationships between pilots and stewardesses ?
We hear all the time from the "general public" that those relationships are the cause of many divorces... haha I'm still wondering if that's true...
Also, could you do another live stream or make a video about the airplane fuselage? Or you flying small planes. Thanks!
THNX MY FRIEND
Your english is outstanding!
Do you know how much easier is it to become a passenger pilot if you have the training for a fighter jet or any kind of training to becoming a pilot from the army?
Serious question, are you required to have a phone? What if you choose to not own one, will they provide you with one? Because as we all know there was a time when if you had a phone it was a home land line.
Hi, do you think that in the near future, with all the new technology, pilots will be redundant? Great vids btw
Very nice... It helped me well, I have a question, Are you allowed to keep mobile phones with you ?
Hello :) I have a few questions on the career path of becoming a pilot:
1. Would you consider becoming a pilot the best 1st career path? Is it worth it to become an engineer then go into piloting school.
2. If I were to become a pilot, will i get employed right away?
3. Is there a way to be relocated after being assigned to a base far away from your home?
4. Being a pilot, how beneficial is the retirement plan and what is the generated retirement age?
5. What is you're opinion on other flight airlines to work for such as Air Canada, Qatar Airways, Emirates, American airlines? a6. How long did it take you to pay off all your training debts?
My name is Shais and I live in Canada, im in my last year of high school and I'm seriously considering becoming a pilot because I've always had this career path in the back of my mind since I was 5. As i grew older I began to find interest in medicine, but the chances of me getting into med school is 4% due to government caps. I have considered mechanical engineering because it is a broad degree that can be applied anywhere in the world. And so my last question is:
Is it worth to become a pilot first, or should I complete my mechanical engineering degree first then go into piloting school?
How old were you when you became an airline pilot, because I also want to become an airline pilot but I don't want to take too long until I reach the level you are at