Flight Guide for Success: Tips and Tactics for the Aspiring Airline Pilot

Newly-published 3rd edition has over 70 articles answering the tough pilot career questions without sugar-coating the answers. Kahn offers solid advice on subjects that other books dare not raise, including best routes to a pro-pilot job, what qualifications count most with employers, how old is too old, is discrimination dead, handling blemishes in your background and finally, what’s the life of a pro pilot really like and is it for you?Do you want to reach the top as a professional pilot?If so, you probably know that pursuing this career can be a painfully complex business. Making sense of the facts is not easy, and there are many forks in the road to confuse or even derail you. Worse yet, there are pitfalls beneath the surface to be avoided.If you have ever wished for a trusted advisor to answer your really tough pilot-career questions without sugar coasting the answers, Captain Karen Kahn is the one to turn to. She overcame a mountain of obstacles to command the cockpit of a jetliner. It is a tough road for anyone, but Karen will be the first to tell you that it’s worth the effort to get there. She not only knows the ropes but also is masterful at sharing lessons learned in achieving that professional pilot’s seat to which so many of us aspire.In Flight Guide for Success, Captain Kahn answers all your questions about the process of becoming a professional pilot; most importantly, she offers solid advice on topics other books dare not raise.• What are the best routes to a pro-pilot job?• Which qualifications count the most with employers?• How old it too old to become a professional pilot?• Are the days of cockpit discrimination over?• How should pilots handle blemishes on their backgrounds?• What’s the life of a professional pilot like?• What are the joys? And what are the pitfalls?If you want straight talk and hard-hitting advice on how to achieve the professional-pilot career sought by so many, Karen Kahn has the answers you need. No matter how many other pilot career books rest on your shelf, Flight Guide for Success is one you must read.Greg BrownAviation columnist and 200 National Flight Instructor of the YearAuthor, The Turbine Pilot’s Flight Manual,Flying Carpet,The Savvy Flight Instructor,and Job Hunting for Pilots.