I recently had the chance to join the Pilot to Pilot podcast for a conversation about my background in aviation, my time flying in Air Force Special Operations, my transition into corporate aviation, and most importantly, why I founded Flying Company. Podcasts like this are always fun because they give
If you have been flying for any length of time, you have filled out more Pilot History Forms than you can count. New operators, new aircraft, insurance renewals, management changes. Every time, the same request: total time, PIC, turbine, multi, night, instrument, last 90 days, last 12 months. Most of
One of the simplest truths in flight operations is that most stress comes from not seeing what’s coming far enough in advance. Emails get buried. Text threads get messy. Trip records live in different places. And before long, someone is asking, “Wait, do we already have coverage for that
Professionalism has always been the quiet foundation of safety in business aviation. It’s the invisible margin that separates a good flight from a great one, and a well-managed operation from a truly elite one. Yet for all its importance, professionalism has remained surprisingly hard to define, measure, or even
One of the realities of contract flying is that, long before a pilot ever steps onto an aircraft, there’s paperwork, payment, and tax structure sitting quietly in the background. If that foundation isn’t set up correctly, it creates friction for pilots, operators, and flight departments alike. Until now,
My Conversation on the LD Aviation Podcast I recently had the chance to sit down with Lindsay Dyer for Episode 91 of the LD Aviation Podcast: The Future of Pilot Staffing. Lindsay and her team at LD Aviation are some of the sharpest schedulers and dispatchers I’ve worked with.
I didn’t grow up around aviation. I wasn’t one of those kids who lived at the airport or knew what a VOR was before middle school. The first time I flew an airplane was in the military. Everything I learned about flying—how to think about it, how
One of the things we’ve always believed at Flying Company is that the best pilot networks already exist. They’re just informal. Text threads. Phone calls. “Hey, are you free next Tuesday?” conversations. Quiet referrals between people who trust each other. We decided to build that behavior directly into
In flight operations, most friction comes from one simple problem: people having the right information, but not in the same place, at the same time. Pilots want to understand the mission before they commit to it. Operators want to know the crew fully understands the plan. Dispatchers end up relaying
Every flight department, charter operator, and insurance broker asks the same question when a pilot is proposed for a trip: “Are they qualified to fly this aircraft?” The answer to that question has traditionally lived in scattered documents. PDFs emailed back and forth. Old spreadsheets. Training certificates. Insurance questionnaires filled
If you’re a contract pilot, you’ve probably lived the same pattern for years. A trip pops up through a staffing firm. You get a text or email. You send a rate. Someone asks for your Pilot History Form… again. You dig through old PDFs. You send documents. Then
If you’ve ever staffed contract pilots for a flight department, you already know the reality: most of the work happens before the airplane ever leaves the ground. Finding qualified pilots, comparing experience, verifying documents, confirming availability, handling payments, and keeping everything straight across emails, texts, and spreadsheets. Flying Company