Posts Tagged ‘commercial pilots’
The Typical Pilot Personality Profile
Is it true that commercial pilots have common personality traits? A 2004 report out of NASA’s Langley Research center revealed that they do. The study took 93 commercial pilots and evaluated their personality type. The test was conducted using a personality assessment known as the NEO-PI-R. It stands for NEO-Personality Inventory-Revised. The test looks at…
Read MoreBecome a Commercial Pilot at CTI
Congratulations! You have decided a career as a commercial pilot is the life for you. You’ve taken action and joined one of the best flight training programs in the nation. You’re probably both excited and anxious. Don’t worry. The shorta of commercial airline pilots continues. CTI’s Professional Flight Training will get you in the captain’s…
Read More2017: Aviation’s safest year yet
Why was 2017 aviation’s safest year? If you missed the news at the end of last year, you might not know that 2017 was aviation’s safest year yet. The statistics are unbelievable (and extremely positive), with over 4 billion passengers flying worldwide on 38 million flights, yet there wasn’t one single fatality on one of…
Read More7 Reasons to Become a Commercial Pilot
Wondering why you should become a commercial pilot? As you know, at CTI Professional Flight Training, we can help you achieve your flying ambitions if you want to become a commercial pilot. But why should you join this fantastic profession? No day is the same! There aren’t many jobs where you can guarantee avoiding that…
Read MoreUnited will retire Boeing 747, the ‘Queen of the Skies’, in 2017
Is this the final year for the Boeing 747? In a memo to workers this week, United president Scott Kirby announced the firm will retire its Boeing 747 jumbo jets by the end of 2017. Although the airline had already announced it would cease the use of the ‘Queen of the Skies’, many were expecting…
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