This document provides advice for building a successful pilot career, including: - Emphasizing the importance of gaining flight hours through instructing, banner towing, or other means, as employers have minimum hour requirements. - Stressing the value of networking, such as through internships, conferences, school organizations, and building relationships with employers. - Highlighting that internships provide opportunities to network with pilots and gain an advantage over competitors. - Suggesting that an Aeronautical Science degree opens doors to aviation-related jobs at companies like Honeywell, even for those without a pilot position. Having a minor field of study or dispatcher certificate provides backup options.

1. Making the most of your
Pilot Career
Presented by Career Services
Special Alumni guest:
NetJets Captain Roger Battistoni

2. Building Flight Time
How important is building flight hours?
• Flight Time = Experience
• Companies have set minimums
Ways to build that time?
• Flight Instructing (part-time at ERAU)
• Banner towing
• Traffic watch
• Aerial Photography
• Scenic Tours
• Military
• Crop Dusting (typically done as a career)
What is the reason we stress flight instructing?
Bottom Line: First thing recruiters look at is Flight Time

3. Networking
Majority of pilots during a low in pilot hiring find jobs
through networking
Start building your professional network ASAP!
• A know fact: Having your resume walked into the Chief
Pilot’s office is beneficial!!
Ways to Network during college career
• Attend the Career Expo every year
• Participate in one or two internships
• Use on-line networking sites (FaceBook, LinkedIn)
• Attend additional conferences that you have time and
money for (NBAA [aviation day], WAI)
• Join school organizations and build peer relationships
Build those relationships with the employers!!!

4. Value of an Internship
Provides the opportunity to network with
line pilots to the Chief pilots.
Gives you an edge over the competition!
Some provide you Simulator or Systems
training; good resume builder
“True Stories”
• P&G
• Duke Energy
• Aero Condor

5. The Aeronautical Science Degree
The Burning question:
What else can I do with an AS degree?
Research companies that are aviation related!
• Ex. CAE, Position title: Project Data Control Assistant, Required a
CFI!!
Companies:
Honeywell Jeppesen
Raytheon General Dynamics
Gleim National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
AOPA NTSB
Hawker Beechcraft FAA
Have a good backup
• Minor field of study?
• Dispatcher certificate program