What is going on Avination, welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode 53 featuring David Campbell. David is 49 Private pilot who walked away from a high paying job to start his career in aviation. Some of the things David and I talk about in this episode are.

Why David left a $100,000 a year job to start training and learn to become a pilot.
How David originally went to college to become a pilot.
Why David didn’t finish his pilot training at Western Michigan.
How struggles in college and not seeing how he could pay for flying cause David to stray from his dream in college.
How flying has always been expensive and always will be expensive.
We talk about if David regrets any of the decisions he made in the past.
How he had a good friend who finished his training at Western Michigan and quit flying farther down the line.
How aviation is something that will rule your life.
How an annual goal sheet helped David get back into aviation.
David quit his job without a plan of action for whats next.
How he used AOPA to find a local flight school.
How seeing someone older than him complete his training helped David realize that it is a real possibility.
David and I talk about when is it too late to make the switch.
What to do when debating on switching careers.
Is it too late for you to change?
How it is important to make a plan when you switch careers.
Its not going to be an easy switch so make sure your family is okay with it.
The importance of using your GI bill to pay for your flight training.
How easy it is to make excuses to not go fly.
The first flight David went on after his checkered was to propose to his GF.
What it is like to get your PPL while you are working.
We talk about some things that can keep you from getting your PPL.
David talks about a 10 hour flight in a LSA down to the Bahamas.
We talk about how Foreflight has changed the game.
We talk challenges of owning a plane.
Differences between the corporate route and commercial route.

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Happy Flying,

Justin

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