Rob and Tim discuss how aircraft pressurization works in corporate jets and in airliners. Pressurized aircraft make flight at high altitudes possible and usually flawless. However, things can occasionally can go wrong with aircraft pressurization, we will discuss the backup systems available to pilots, crew and passengers, when things doesn't work as planned. We will also discuss crew and passenger oxygen systems. As always, if you have any questions about this or any topic we discuss, please reach out to us, we will do our best to get back to you in a timely manner (please see contact methods ..read more

There are major differences between flying in the United States versus Canada. From filing flight plans, search and rescue, airspace, airspeed, and communications, Rob and Tim highlight some of the major differences between flying in the two countries. When flying to any foreign country, flight planning needs to be started early along with familiarization of regulations in those countries. The following links were discussed in the podcast episode concerning Canadian Operations: https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/tp11541e.pdf https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/19 ..read more

We discuss the Wright Brothers to celebrate the 120th anniversary of their first flight on December 17, 1903. How did the Wright Flyer's wing get its inspiration? Did the Wright Flyer use a catapult on the first flight? Were both Wright Brothers born in Dayton, Ohio? Is there video of the Wright Brothers' first flight? Learn the answers to these questions and more such as why one wing was longer on the original Wright Flyer than the other, in this aviation podcast. The Wright brothers changed the world but also with collaboration with Glenn Curtiss, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation was formed an ..read more

Be sure to rate the podcast and give us a review to help us grow! This aviation themed podcast is about WHAT a STABILIZED APPROACH is, what happens when a stabilized approach is not flown, what should you do when unstabilized, and examples of mistakes we have made early in our flying careers where a stabilized approach was not conducted. Here are a few references highlighted in this episode: https://flightsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alar_bn7-1stablizedappr.pdf. https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-01/Stabilized%20Approach%20and%20Landing.pdf If you would like to contact us fo ..read more

Winter flying has its dangers but can be made safer due to aircraft systems and different types of de-ice fluids that can be applied to aircraft. Join Tim and Rob as they share some of their icing experiences with their combined flight time exceeding 13,000 hours. Aircraft can be sprayed with four different types of fluid to remove and prevent ice build-up, but jet aircraft are also equipped with many different systems to combat the effects of icing. Learn how corporate jets detect, remove, and prevent ice. Want great coffee by a small coffee roaster in Dayton, Ohio which is the birthplace o ..read more

Join Rob and Tim as they interview John Kluenker who is a Corporate Pilot on the Cessna Citation X. The Citation X was once the world's fastest civilian jet in the sky. John is also a YouTube creator showing off his bush flying adventures in his experimental KitFox. Learn the differences, advantages, and drawbacks of being a contract pilot vs working for a corporation. This aviation podcast also features aircraft buying tips from Ryan at McGill Aviation. Check out John's YouTube channel with videos in the Citation X he flies, bush flying adventures, and even a video here and there made for ..read more

Older episodes of the podcast have been getting audio updates thanks to A.I. enhanced audio. This episode has been enhanced by A.I. so let us know if you notice a difference. Rob recently returned home from recurrent training. Training has been spoken about in brief in previous episodes, but this time, we take a deeper dive into recurrent training and the day-to-day training schedule covering ground school and simulator training. Day one of simulator training covers many of the same maneuvers a student pilot would perform on a checkride. Some corporate pilots have checkrides on the last day of ..read more

A multitude of aviation topics are covered in this aviation podcast by The Corporate Pilot Guys. The following topics will be covered: Pilot Salaries The Pilot Shortage International Procedures U.S. Customs CANPASS Airplane Buying Tip The pilot shortage is still ongoing and is expected to go into the future for quite a while. This shortage of pilots effecting the industry is also causing salaries to increase. How many money can a person expect to make starting out at an airline in the United States? What about the salary of a senior captain as a major U.S. Airline? That information and much mo ..read more

HOW TO PREPARE AND PASS THE FAA/Transport Canada WRITTEN TEST/KNOWLEDGE EXAM. Tips on how to prepare for and pass any pilot written/knowledge exam from Rob and Tim are the topic of conversation. Numerous written test preparation programs are on the market. Tim will give tips and practices he has used to pass written tests from his experience taking written exams from Private Pilot all the way to CFI, ATP, and Aircraft Dispatcher exams and many knowledge tests in between. Tim and Rob are both ATP rated corporate pilots with a combined flight time exceeding 13,000 hours and have taken almost as ..read more

Join Tim and Rob as they interview Chris from TikTok’s (#flyfastplanes ) as he details the entire process to become a regional airline pilot in today’s incredible pilot hiring market. Chris explains the entire process of being hired as an airline pilot: the application process, the initial interview, the exam, ground school, intense simulator training sessions, the type check ride, line training, the line check, flying paying passengers on the line. Rob and Tim would really like to hear from you, please send us your comments and show topic suggestions: Speak Pipe (leave a recorded message for ..read more