Episode description
Avination, welcome to episode #50 of the Pilot to Pilot podcast. Today, I am interviewing from Arizona Diamondback pitcher Will Locante. In this episode, Will and I talk about..
- Why he retired from a career in baseball to become a pilot.
- When Will knew he wanted to be a pilot.
- Wills uncle is a 787 sim instructor for American.
- Why Will wanted to capitalize on his sports career as long as possible.
- When I knew I wasn’t going to go pro in football.
- How I used athletics to put myself in the best position possible to become a pilot.
- How Will went to Tennessee even though he hates Tennessee and loves the Auburn Tigers
- How Will doesn’t miss Professional baseball one bit.
- Will was always under the impression aviation was a military career.
- Will’s neighbor who is a captain at SouthWest helped sparked the interest in aviation again.
- How will was always annoyed with my old freight company flying into Smyrna late at night.
- How Will didn’t go to ATP because he thought he could get his training done quicker.
- How Will decided on a Flight School.
- Why will as a flight instructors dream.
- Will had around 40 hours when he got his Private Pilot license.
- Will talks about fun times at John Toon aka the wild west.
- Was will more nervous for check rides or games.
- Will talks about how he did his CFII check ride with a DPE and the FAA.
- The most nervous will has ever been for a check ride.
- Don’t let a failed check ride keep you from thinking you can get your dream job.
- Use a failed check ride as a learning experience.
- How Will became the instructor he is today.
- How Will has had to tell students that they should find another instructor.
- How Will determines if a student is ready to be signed off.
- What was Will’s wife’s initial reaction about him retiring from Baseball to become a pilot.
- Why Will didn’t want to be an instructor.
- We talk about the 1500 hour rule.
- I talk about my experience getting my first type rating.
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Happy Flying,
Justin