Episode description

What is going on avination? Welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode 72 ft. Dianna Klein. Dianna has accomplished a lot in her aviation career, she is a 787 Dreamliner pilot and a C5 pilot in the Air Force Reserves. All while being a wife, mom and very active in her local community.

Some of the things Dianna and I talk about are...

• Dianna talks about why she got into aviation
• How her dad never pushed aviation on her.
• Why Dianna's military aviation career didn’t go as planned.
• Why Dianna chose Embry Riddle for her flight school.
• Why Dianna felt bad for her mom at sometimes in her training.
• How Dianna was able to leave early from high school to fly.
• Why Dianna wanted to go to the Air Force Academy to learn how to flying fighters.
• When Dianna knew she caught the aviation bug
• Dianna talks about being very focused on her training.
• Dianna talks about struggling with math with the SAT.
• Dianna didn’t let a setback deter her aviation dreams.
• Why it is important to have your own board of personal directors.
• Dianna talks about how 9/11 affected her and her family.
• How Dianna built her time.
• We talk a little bit of the struggle of building your time.
• Dianna talks about getting hired by American Eagle.
• How Dianna was always pursuing the Air Force Reserves
• Dianna talks about her military flight training and how she loved it.
• The importance of being financially aware as a pilot.
• Talks about her dreams and goals personal and aviation-related.
• The importance of learning to say no.
• How important it is to ask for help when you need it.
• We talk about the importance of getting more women into aviation.
• What needs to be done to get more aviators to get into aviation.
• Dianna talks about her sons thinking about aviation.
• What it is like to fly the C5.
• She talks about the difficulties his husband had transitioning from fighter pilot to an airline pilot.
• She talks about the importance of teamwork in aviation (military and civilian).
• Dianna talks about some emergency situations in the C5.
• The kinds of missions Dianna would fly as a C5 pilot.
• Dianna talks about working on the management side of United while being a line pilot.
• What it is like to work 9 days a month.
• What her future looks like at United... Possible management or stay as a line pilot.
• Dianna faces the rapid-fire section.

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Happy Flying,

Justin