Ep 9: Eric Dragonetti: The CAVU Pilot Flight School; Former Airline Pilot; Current Corporate Pilot
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Growing up, Eric Dragonetti admired planes and saw himself becoming an aerospace engineer, designing jet engines. It wasn’t until he was touring colleges that he thought he might actually want to be a pilot instead. After 4 years at University of North Dakota, Eric graduated as a certified flight instructor. From there, he built his hours towards becoming an airline pilot. Eric loved flying commercial, until Covid came and shook things up. While furloughed, Eric decided to do enough private lessons to pay the mortgage and eat Top Ramen. When he did return to his commercial role, he realized the aviation market just wasn’t the same and no longer worked for him. The decision was clear, it was time to start his own flight school. What You’ll Learn: What a discovery flight is and how to arrange one. How a chance meeting led Eric to attend University of North Dakota. The two biggest struggles Eric had when it came to starting a business. How top of the line avionics change the experience. Favorite Quote: “When you have a dream, you wanna go for it, you work for it.”
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