Professional Pilot's Career Guide
2nd Edition
Published on 6. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
455 pages
978-0-07-148553-1 (ISBN)
Description
Find the Best-Paying and Most-Fulfilling Jobs in Professional Piloting
A valuable employment tool, the Professional Pilot Career Guide provides a complete sourcebook of professional flying opportunities. This updated guide contains detailed coverage of pilot ratings and practical test standards-plus goal-achieving tips on job hunting, networking, regional airlines, the majors, and more.
Written by career pilot and aviation-industry expert Robert P. Mark, this vital reference offers a real-world look at what it's like to fly for the airlines, corporations, or charter companies, together with guidance on pay, benefits, types of aircraft, and future prospects. Packed with illustrations,
Professional Pilot Career Guide features:
Full coverage of aviation training-where to get it and how to finance it
The latest airline, corporate, and charter employment opportunities
200 common interview questions-and the 10 most frequent interview
mistakes
Current information on the best-paying flying jobs
Valuable advice on PC-based job search techniques
Indepth pilot interviews
Essential internet resources
Inside This Cutting-Edge Employment Resource for Today's Pilots
* Your Career Starts Here * Flight Training * Ratings * Where Are the Jobs? * The Regional Airlines * The Majors * Business Aviation * The Pilot and the PC
A valuable employment tool, the Professional Pilot Career Guide provides a complete sourcebook of professional flying opportunities. This updated guide contains detailed coverage of pilot ratings and practical test standards-plus goal-achieving tips on job hunting, networking, regional airlines, the majors, and more.
Written by career pilot and aviation-industry expert Robert P. Mark, this vital reference offers a real-world look at what it's like to fly for the airlines, corporations, or charter companies, together with guidance on pay, benefits, types of aircraft, and future prospects. Packed with illustrations,
Professional Pilot Career Guide features:
Full coverage of aviation training-where to get it and how to finance it
The latest airline, corporate, and charter employment opportunities
200 common interview questions-and the 10 most frequent interview
mistakes
Current information on the best-paying flying jobs
Valuable advice on PC-based job search techniques
Indepth pilot interviews
Essential internet resources
Inside This Cutting-Edge Employment Resource for Today's Pilots
* Your Career Starts Here * Flight Training * Ratings * Where Are the Jobs? * The Regional Airlines * The Majors * Business Aviation * The Pilot and the PC
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
638 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-148553-1 (9780071485531)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Robert Mark
Professional Pilot Career Guide
Book
08/1999
2nd Edition
McGraw-Hill Professional
€22.27
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Person
Robert Mark, is a 30-year aviation-industry veteran and the Chief Executive Officer of CommAvia, a business development consulting group that specializes in marketing, public relations, issues management and community relations solutions for airports and aviation businesses around the globe. He writes an aviation-industry blog at Jetwhine.com.
A contributing editor to Aviation International News, Mark was, in 2004, named the Airbus Aerospace Journalist of the Year. A former senior associate with Ogilvy PR Worldwide, he also serves as editor of IFR Refresher magazine. Author of four aviation books for McGraw-Hill, he has written for Business & Commercial Aviation, Professional Pilot, Flying, FLTops.com and Air Line Pilot magazine, as well as The Chicago Tribune. His latest book, a Professional Pilot Career Guide, was published by McGraw-Hill in June 2007.
As a professional speaker, Robert Mark has engaged audiences on a variety of aviation and business topics at regional, as well as national convention meetings for the Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), the Florida Aviation Trades Association (FATA), the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), the Minnesota Aviation Trade Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Mark has also appeared as an aviation expert on PBS, CBS and NBC TV, in additional to being a regular on the Fox News Network.
He is a former airline and corporate pilot, as well as a current Certified Flight Instructor. He has logged over 6200 hours in aircraft from a Cessna 150 to the Boeing BBJ and even Dassault's new Falcon 7X. Ten years of his career was also spent with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Robert Mark received his Master's Degree from the Integrated Marketing Communications program at the Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He received a Bachelor's Degree in English from Northeastern Illinois University.
Contact Rob Mark at rob@jetwhine.com, through the blog at www.jetwhine.com, or on the phone at 800-579-6787.
A contributing editor to Aviation International News, Mark was, in 2004, named the Airbus Aerospace Journalist of the Year. A former senior associate with Ogilvy PR Worldwide, he also serves as editor of IFR Refresher magazine. Author of four aviation books for McGraw-Hill, he has written for Business & Commercial Aviation, Professional Pilot, Flying, FLTops.com and Air Line Pilot magazine, as well as The Chicago Tribune. His latest book, a Professional Pilot Career Guide, was published by McGraw-Hill in June 2007.
As a professional speaker, Robert Mark has engaged audiences on a variety of aviation and business topics at regional, as well as national convention meetings for the Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), the Florida Aviation Trades Association (FATA), the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), the Minnesota Aviation Trade Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Mark has also appeared as an aviation expert on PBS, CBS and NBC TV, in additional to being a regular on the Fox News Network.
He is a former airline and corporate pilot, as well as a current Certified Flight Instructor. He has logged over 6200 hours in aircraft from a Cessna 150 to the Boeing BBJ and even Dassault's new Falcon 7X. Ten years of his career was also spent with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Robert Mark received his Master's Degree from the Integrated Marketing Communications program at the Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He received a Bachelor's Degree in English from Northeastern Illinois University.
Contact Rob Mark at rob@jetwhine.com, through the blog at www.jetwhine.com, or on the phone at 800-579-6787.
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Your Career Starts Here
Chapter 2. Flight Training
Chapter 3. Winning the Ratings: The Real Work Begins
Chapter 4. The Job Hunt Begins
Chapter 5. The Regional Airlines
Chapter 6. The Majors
Chapter 7. There's More to Flying Than Simply the Airlines
Chapter 8. The Pilot and the Internet
Chapter 9: Pilot Reports
Appendix A: AOPA Flight Training 2007 College Directory
Appendix B: 200 of the Best Interview Questions for Any Flying Job
Appendix C: Virtual Airline Resource Guide
Appendix D: Small Cargo Pilot Pay Rates
Appendix E: Pilot-in-Command/Second in Command Defined
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Your Career Starts Here
Chapter 2. Flight Training
Chapter 3. Winning the Ratings: The Real Work Begins
Chapter 4. The Job Hunt Begins
Chapter 5. The Regional Airlines
Chapter 6. The Majors
Chapter 7. There's More to Flying Than Simply the Airlines
Chapter 8. The Pilot and the Internet
Chapter 9: Pilot Reports
Appendix A: AOPA Flight Training 2007 College Directory
Appendix B: 200 of the Best Interview Questions for Any Flying Job
Appendix C: Virtual Airline Resource Guide
Appendix D: Small Cargo Pilot Pay Rates
Appendix E: Pilot-in-Command/Second in Command Defined
Index