21 Hour Day as a 747 Pilot
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Long haul flying can be tougher than regular short flights this is what a 21 hour day looks like going from Miami to Incheon, South Korea
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I imagine it's a lot of extra work filming stuff and taking the time out of your day to talk to us and show us these behind the scenes glimpses. I wanted to take a second to thank you for all the hard work you do to make these videos happen. We really appreciate and enjoy it.
Glad you enjoyed it Warren!
This. This is what I came here to say but you did it for me.
Amen. One of my (7) boys is an FO with a major. Really enjoy learning from Kelsey what it’s all about 😊
I saw you together on video once. I appreciate ya'll a lot. Im half pilot. Flew Cessnas but never went pro
Youre a nut you remind me of petter mentour pilot.
I started watching about three years ago, never thought it would push me to start my journey and now I’m a CFII with 1600hrs flying different types of planes. It’s motivating keep showing people what it’s all about.
awesome Jorge congrats thats awesome.
Do you mind me asking how you went about starting your journey? Did you have a PPL already? How did you finance it? The financing part is what is difficult for me, or will be, I think.
I started from nothing with nothing. I have been married since 2016 and began my journey in 2019 at the age of about 30. I was a professional musician, dedicated to music and playing every day since I was 19. I was accustomed to not taking days off or weekends. The word "weekend" really didn't exist for me, as I played concerts almost every week. An average day consisted of playing music from 8 am to 12 pm for practice. From 12:45 pm, I would start driving to the people I taught, not stopping until about 7-8 pm, depending on the day. After that, I usually practiced with bands or attended music workshops. I didn't take holidays off because I had a mix of students from Indian or other Asian countries who didn't celebrate holidays the same way. Concerts were usually on weekends, some nearby so I could teach before the concerts, while some were far away, allowing me to teach only a few in the morning before the drive. I mention all this to give you a picture of what I was used to doing.
So in 2019, I decided to switch. My wife and I were accustomed to living as cheaply as possible; we don't drink, party, or go out. Our first vacation ever was in October, and we never had a honeymoon. So we were already living in a way that would make this possible. I redirected all my efforts into aviation. Instead of practicing music for many hours, I studied. I cut back about half of my music activities. Around the same time, we were hit with Covid and the lockdowns. For about two weeks, I sat down and really thought about things. Music was dead because of distancing, so I couldn't teach. I decided this was the time. I gave up music completely, sold almost everything I had, including my motorcycle that I had worked years for. Every single sacrifice had to be made, so I voluntarily repossessed it. It cost me my credit and my pride. About a year into the training, I got my PPL and started working on my Instrument rating. My checkride kept getting moved due to fires in California and Covid, so I had no choice but to keep flying. I reached 250 hours in a year and 7 months. During that time, I did many things from selling items people didn't want to sell themselves to managing websites and building websites for people I met at the airport. Many people helped me. I could write a book on everything I had to do for this and how I came to all this, but my checkride was being postponed for almost a year. So I decided to go and do a full course in Ohio. I had been studying for months, so I knew it was now or never. At this point, I didn't have an instrument plane, so I took the commercial checkride and passed. But with no job in sight, I risked it all after this and maxed out all my credit cards. I took 5 written tests on a Thursday and Friday, passing them all with over 90%. I flew over that Saturday, took my IFR test two days later, and the next day, completed a 10-day CFI course in 7 days. Then, I did a 5-day CFII course, passing in 3 days. After that, I obtained my AGI (Advanced Ground Instructor) certification the next day. I saved days by not needing to pay for a hotel or food for the extra days. I immediately flew back home and started my own business called Kern Aviation, for which I have just started a channel. After all this, I had plenty of debt, but again, my wife and I live very frugally. After about a year of working every day the same way I was used to, I paid off everything. I also had 1000 hours at this point, two to three years later after teaching . I was flying a TBM930, running a small flight rental business, still managing multiple websites, and now occasionally playing concerts when available. As of right now, I have about 2400 hours. Thinking about all this, I am missing a lot of people who helped me and other factors that made it even harder, such as my wife not working because she was attending university, which she is still not done with so all the bills were basically on me. But if I went into full detail, again, it would be a book.
Funny thing is, my dream is to fly helicopters and planes. I just got my private helicopter license about 5 months ago, so I'm still working towards the helicopter instructor rating. After all this, I can tell you, if you aren't willing to sacrifice basically everything, don't do it, or if you do, it will take you forever. But it can be done.
forgot to mention, most important thing is to not buy anything during that time, no clothes or just random crap, no going out, no vacations, no weekends,. going out one weekend is basically an hour or two of flying cost.
Don’t become the star of one of his videos.
That was a cool change from your usual content. Thanks for taking us through a tiny portion of what y’all do. That’s a pretty brutal schedule
Agreed, love the changes.
I hope to see a lot more of this type of content.
I totally agree 💯👍.
That's kind of insane
I agree entirely. Great change up. It's more personal where you can see how tired he is in the shadow of flying such an aircraft.
Yep agree getting away from the norm, really interesting. Thanks!!
kudos to your employer for letting you (finally) take pictures of the real work you do. And thank you so much for sharing so many hours of informational, fun and always quality content.
No reply, lemme fix that
Yeah come on guys give this some more attention
Bumped
Pilots are so lucky. Naps, meals, hotels, travel, rides, rotating flight time..
I'm glad you have all of this. Your job is very stressful and important. Seems like you have a great support system and communication. As a frequent flyer, I thank you for staying relaxed and sharp!
Seeing how much you go through flying half way around the world makes me respect you even more.
Oh get a room.
The glazing is mental
Truck driver here, it was really cool to see how your long days are similar in certain ways to mine :) Thanks for doing this! Fly safe, friend!
I know. I drove coaches, and we had long days, 4am to11pm. Later I went on to work as a crew chief in the USAF, and its still a love hate thing lol...Back then I would marshall in Atlas and Kalitta when they had the most clapped out 74s. Its nice to see them moving up to the -8. Reminds back to driving, when we got brand new coaches.
What’s your longest day there?
I’m in the UK we can do 15 hours though only 10 driving.
@@Madmark50484 11 hours of driving in 14 hour shifts.
@@Madmark50484 unless your double manned then it’s 21 hours with 20 hours of shared driving
I’m a coach driver based in Manchester and I regularly do 21’s absolutley knackerd and there is no bunk on our vehicles so it’s a case of take a seat with a passenger and try and fall asleep or sit in the crew seat which is just a fold down chair like a cabin crew seat on a plane, they naturally tilt forward and most of the time have no footrest 🤣 so feet are dangling mid air
Depends on the industry, in mass transit you must have a seven hour rest between days, no limit on hours. Believe me, scheduling plays with the clock. You pull in at 7:30pm (19:30) and they have you scheduled for the first pull out at 2:40am.
My former boss was previously an airline pilot for Eastern Airlines (back in the day). We talked at length about what it was like and the one thing that kind of stands out: "I was a bus driver, on a very nice bus, and it was a great job but some long days"
I had the same conversation with Air Force pilots back in the day.
Mind you I served most of my time between the Berlin wall coming down and 9/11 - I imagine things got a bit livelier after that!
Yeah, that's why the Europeans chose the logical name for a plane manufacturing company.
My hubby flys to work to a remote mine in Northern Australia for 2 weeks, then home for a weeks break. Known as FIFO. Fly in. Fly out. 14 days straight of 12hr days. Been doing it for 20 years.
He gets told often. How cool you fly to work. His response is always its a bus with wings.
I flew for DHL for 25 years and 40 years total. I also ran the flight and duty committee for a long part of it. When I was 57, I decided that I had enough to retire. Its been almost 10 years now. I still miss the airplanes, but the long 24 hrs days, time changes and etc, were taking its toll on me. I always exercised, ate good and tried to stay in good health. In short, all I can say is enjoy it while you can but leave to enjoy your retirement before this lifestyle takes that away too. The extra money isn't worth it. Thanks for sharing.
How you managed to squeeze a 21 hour day into an 8 minute EXTREMELY entertaining/informative video is insane. Meanwhile these influencers turn their 2 hour shopping trips into 30+ minute vlogs lol
Brilliant and accurate assessment! Clearly legendary time management skills by Kelsey. I couldn't watch those types of "influencer" videos.
@@Padlock_Steve Must be some of that Blue Sky
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ No thanks, you can keep your god
Yes. Even many of the UA-camrs I like to watch are making longer and longer videos, and some of them aren't keeping up the informational density. This, so much.
@@Vinemaple Who needs information when you can replace it with LOUD ANNOYING MONTAGES lolol
Kelsey...I discovered your channel a couple of years ago. Since then I have watched you learn, try new things, stay consistent, and always release quality videos.
Now vlogs! I LOVE this, I'm truly excited for this path you're on and I have to say, I'm so FRIGGIN proud and impressed with the way you've grown your channel. You deserve every success.
Also, as someone who is a bit of a nervous flyer I can say, your videos have really helped me by demystifying so much of what goes on behind the scenes.
Bravo. Stellar. 👏
Geo
If you want to know what goes on while the plane is on the ground, I’m happy to answer questions. There’s a great deal that happens before the pilots and flight attendants even get to the plane.
But the most pertinent to you as a nervous flyer is that an engineer checks the plane before the pilots arrive and one of them does their walk around. Every single time.
During overnight stops the engineers do a much more detailed inspection and conduct minor repairs or maintenance. They also check the computers and recalibrate things if necessary.
In addition, anyone who works airside and that includes ground handlers such as aircraft cleaners or baggage handlers are encouraged to watch the aircraft and everything happening on the airfield and if we spot something wrong we’re expected to report it and it’ll get checked.
Stray water bottle on the taxiway? That got the entire airport effectively shut down for half an hour, flight grounded and incoming ones put in hold while every inch of the aircraft areas were inspected and declared safe.
Spot a huge amount of dark smears coating the underside of a 737 max 8 engine from one of the seams in the cowling? Double check that the engineers are going to look at it because it’s not right.
The level of safety is sort of crazy.
@@mikoto7693 Thanks so much for this! Super informative and words like this never get old for me. I do find stories like this very comforting.
Regardless of my nervousness I have flown quite a bit in my time and I do trust that on the ground things are happening to ensure safety (although I didn't realize it was to the extent you describe!).
Most of my apprehension is around when I look skywards. For example, I understand pilots get weather reports and live updates, etc., but sometimes I can't help wondering "hey...why is this pilot who likely also sees the dark cloud ahead comfortable flying me into that?" 😅
Or...while we are dead center over the Atlantic..."why is this pilot flying us what looks like two feet above terrible weather (or even directly through it) while this plane is shaking terribly?...why not just ascend a thousand feet or so to clear it?"
I guess its mostly a control issue in my case, I just don't know or 100% trust the folks up front flying. That's why it's helpful to see pilots like Kelsey share.
glad to hear it George, thank you!
@@georgestanchev7444 The weather radar on aircraft does a very decent job of letting the pilots know exactly what they're flying into, and they will usually try to redirect either above or around weather if it looks too rough. But the aircraft in general are fully okay with flying through some very rough conditions (even if it's a bit uncomfortable for the passengers), and can navigate and land fully autonomously in zero visibility conditions.
So tl;dr, you're always very safe flying and you'll have more chance of getting into an accident while walking or driving.
Damn Kelsey this video is very well edited! The storytelling, the music, the shots... You're doing great!
👍👍👍
His editor is doing a great job too. Kelsey already said he has someone else that does the editing because he's not the best at it. But indeed the whole channel is progressing very well. My only complain is there isn't more!
I wonder how many people work with him behind the scenes.
@@Angelum_Band probably not many, I think he edits the content of the video and someone else does the cuts and graphics. There was one time they showed the wrong plane and he was like hey...it wasn't me! Lol
I'm trying to edit on a c***** laptop with no skill Kelsey's got it figured out
What an awesome tag along experience. Awesome quality, just in general raising the bar for content creators everywhere.
And all on top of an already long and exhausting day? This is why you are one of my favorite channels. Thank you Kelsey for everything you do and sacrifice for us.
Matt man
I'm so happy to see this channel reach over 1 million. Kelsey is a complete badass and deserves all the success in the world. This has been one of the best channels on UA-cam for a long time.
Funny that you mentioned avoiding landing in North Korea. My great Aunt is a former UA stewardess who flew the Pacific routes the majority of her career. Recently she told me that a UA flight long ago that she was on DID land in North Korea. It was an emergency landing and a part needed to be flown in to repair the aircraft. She said it was an extremely tense situation. This happened a long time ago as I believe she’s 90+ now.
Wow, that's incredible!
Probably because 99.9% of the US aircraft that had flown over NK had bombed every single city to rubble and killed a sixth of the population. They are still quite offended about it. If you are having trouble imagining that situation, the modern US equivalent would be *every* city bombed to rubble and 50 MILLION DEAD.
That doesn't sound like a very fun landing
That’s one of the worst places to have an emergency landing.
@@ralphm4132 Oh, wow - a Marxist apologist for the NoKo commies. Wahhh, wahhh, wahhhh....
Really love the behind the scenes vlog. Always impressed by the efficiency of professional pilots 🤯
I’m a railroad engineer, and it’s cool to see the similarities in our long days on duty. Your job is WAY more technical. But getting “comfortable” with fatigue is something we all have to deal with. Thanks for taking us along with you!
Getting "comfortable" with fatigue...that's a bit unsettling, LOL
@@wfemp_4730 I think it is KNOWING what is your breaking point and being comfortable working past “I am starting to feel tired” yet stopping significantly before my “personal breaking point,” all the time using CRM. At least that was my experience in flight training. Perhaps Kelsey’s experience differs since he is talking about flying WAY more massive aircraft for WAY longer durations/distances than i ever flew.
A freind of mine is a subway train operator and he tells me that the sight and sound of the train running along over the rails has an almost hypnotic effect . That's why he always tries to be wide awake for his shift.
As an LE and aviation enthusiast I love watching pilots channels, particularly Kelsey's and taking on board a lot of useful and transferable job skills in day to day work. Here in New Zealand we drive alone for the most part so getting comfortable with fatigue i.e, knowing your limits in regards to sleep, diet and activity is key for a safe shift. It's certainly not a job for everyone but one of the best in the world 👌
I'm a trucker and see several similarities in our industry as well. While we try to avoid it like the plague, we do even have an option to split up our breaks. First time I've heard the phrase "getting comfortable with fatigue," but it is spot on. Most new drivers are done after 4-6 hours because they aren't use to it. During on the job training, they learn to get comfortable with the driving aspect, relax and improve their times. It also helps with learning your limits, and sometimes you just have to shut down early.
I'm so addicted to all of these videos now! Love aviation, but never knew much about it till you and Mentour Pilot started these videos... Thanks Always Kelsey!
Just started a job flying the 747-400. Can't wait to get started.
I find you sharing knowledge of the big picture of how the pilots and the tower work together very informative. thank you.
As a physician I routinely did shifts that were legally LIMITED to 30 hours. Sometimes we got some sleep. Sometimes not. Clearly the longer you’re awake the more mistakes you make. Thanks for always taking passenger safety as a high priority. My family appreciates it when we fly.
He is a pilot with a company called Atlas Air hence the GTI on the piece of paper and primarily is a cargo pilot however does do some pax flights for the military and other vip transport services
I'm a physician too and an Anesthesiologist, your comment is spot on
I always wonder why doctors are given such long shifts, it sounds reckless. Why not limit to 8 hours? Why is that not the norm? It's not like a pilot that needs to stay on the plane because the trip just takes that long.
@@AlessioSangalli I’m in airline industry (flying) and my sister is a doctor. I’ve been horrified by the things she has had to do at 15-18hrs into her shift. And visa visa!
@@AlessioSangalli Nurses, too. 12 hours shifts in California hospitals. I think it's because there's a shortage, so to get an adequate nurse to patient ratio, you wear the nurses out.
After watching your videos a couple of years ago I quit my career, chose a flight school to join and began studying for my CPL/fATPL at the beginning of this year. Almost finished 10 months in ground school and soon moving to the USA for the physical flying phase... thanks for the inspiration every day!
Congrats!!
@Cookie Monster you better change your pusher lol!
I want to be a pilot too, flight introductory session this Thursday. Any tips?
@CookieMonster_ Flying robot be dangerous boi.
Do you have any tips?
The editing was exemplary on this one, I'd love to see more like this.
glad you liked it, me and the editor are working on another vlog
@@74gear awesome!
Hi Kelsey, your parents must be so very proud of your accomplishments. Enjoy your videos.
This is an example of an underrated comment my friends. I hope Kelsey sees this and replies to your comment
You mentioned how hearing protection is important, and I just wanted to note that if you want to protect your ears the best option is earplugs. Having noise cancelation on for extended periods can also damage your ears because it is playing frequencies to block the ones coming in, it also doesn't have a air tight seal so it is unable to lower the DB's coming in. Keep up the great work and be safe out there!
Thats fine for when he is sleeping but my guess is when he's on duty and flying he needs to have the ability to hear people talking and normal hearing protection wouldn't work.
@@dontcare563That is completely incorrect. With good earplugs you can converse at normal speaking volumes in loud shouting only areas under no plug use. The foam absorbs the high frequency and high amplitude noise. Normal speech passes straight through the good plugs. I used 40db plugs in the datacenter and they made it less tiring. If I needed to be on the phone. The noise canceling really helped on the microphone side letting people hear me better.
You're correct in that the drivers of the headphones are playing sound. The sound they're playing is the ambient sound, but in a reversed polarity, which nulls the air movement. This means that the sound energy doesn't reach your ear drums, which is why everything gets so quiet when you use them. The sound waves cease to exist within the inside of the ear cup/your ear canal because the wave was stopped with active damping. The cancellation is literal, not perceived, and so yes, this does help protect your hearing. This only works well at low frequencies, however, due to the long wavelengths of those frequencies. At higher frequencies, the distance between the microphone and your ear canal is large enough that it's not possible to line up the phase of the cancellation signal with the noise entering the ear (especially given the latency caused by digital signal processing), so cancellation doesn't happen... It'll just make high frequencies sound weird. For high frequencies, these headphones rely on isolation, similar to an in-ear monitor or other closed-back headphones.
All that said, noise cancelling headsets do not achieve the sound reduction levels of proper ear plugs or ear muffs and so should not be used as PPE in very loud environments (industrial machinery, construction sites, etc.). And if they run out of battery, the protection goes away.
Very cool video I love seeing what you do, and what you do seems like it’s pretty tedious. To be awake for that long and you have to be responsible for so very much❤ Thank you for what you do for helping the world go round
As to long duty days, you don't think about when you are going to sleep. You think about when you are likely to be required to get up; THAT determines when you go to bed.
Great video!
Respect to the pilots, respect to the crew. You guys are fantastic!
I love this channel so much, and it’s because of all the awesome content, like this wonderfully done “day in the life” look.
I’m an aviation geek - I wanted to be a pilot in my younger years but mental health issues (understandably) kept me out of a cockpit. So I especially love videos like this that show how the pilot at work (and rest) might spend their day.
Kelsey, keep up the good work, in the air and on the UA-cams. You ROCK!!
I am so happy you are choosing to do more of what makes you happy! I am also at a point of transition. I can't wait to see more about the places you travel and your insights as to life transitions. Stay safe!
It was great to see more of your activity through parts of your work day! Stay safe!
Love it Kelsey, now make it 20 minutes longer!
Man your videos are really improving all the time. Great job Kelsey.
Plumber 👨🔧??
Yep it’s great
@@LauRoot892 Yep! I have a plumbing/electrical business and I fly to remote clients.
@@paulronge Okay, That’s Nice 😊.. You From The USA 🇺🇸 ?? 🙂😎
@@LauRoot892 🇨🇦
Love this, there's something about seeing you knackered and really ready to sleep.
There is a sense of realism in these new videos and I'm so glad you are doing them :)
I'm not a pilot, and from the US and I love aviation. I lived in China for the better part of 10 years but my visa made me fly in and out of China several times a year. I gotta say that Incheon airport is one of my favorites when flying from the East coast US to Pacific rim destinations...so I'm real familiar with long flights...you just get used to them over time. keep the blue side up!...that 747-8 is a beauty
I miss the flying, but I don't miss the spending half my life living out of a suitcase in a hotel room. The amount of times I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't remember where I was (city or country) are more than I can count. I kinda enjoyed it when I was younger, but I am happy now being a Simulator instructor and sleeping in my own bed every night. Thanks for the memories man.
do you guys have an actual house or is it just more convenient to not and keep getting hotels??
Dude apply to FedEx or UPS….
@@ItsSonder I had an actual huose. for my 10 days aff a month (20 on 10 off). I'm retired now.
@@Ppilot71 thats cool man thanks for replying
Kelsey, thank you so much for the motions you undoubtedly had to go through in the last few months (before and after the August 7th flight) to get this video greenlit by Giant! It's absolutely been more than worth it. ♥
P.S.: The Dreamlifter had a wheel falling off during takeoff a few days ago. There is video footage of it online. Would love to see you talk about it in a video!
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Your Vblogs are good, educational, and entertaining, but this one was more personal to you and I enjoyed it the most. Kim was looking for you guys.
Thankyou for showing everyone what is involved in being a pilot during these days. thanks again for the youtube videos.
Started watching about a month ago. Love all you do. Don’t worry, I’m far too old for you, just love watching the stories. I would love to see you video when you are in the cockpit
Damn, Kelsey. Mad respect for having such a brutal schedule and yet finding the time to make and edit videos for us! Thanks so much! You’re really awesome. I’m an aspiring pilot and hope to become someone like you! 🛫
He doesn't edit them.
Oh hey
@@sam383planespotting hi lol
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ No.
Your vlogs keep getting better and better kelsey! Hope you got the rest you needed after that long flight. Thanks for sharing
That was some top notch quaility! Loved the editing and energy of the whole video!
This was amazing. I got to say that your content has really helped me. Although I have flown on planes before, I have become a little of a nervous traveler and content like yours gives me the courage to fly again. Thank you for everything you do.
I love how you look tired af at the end of this video, but your face still manages to tell us how much you love what you do!
For those who don't know, there are cookie sheets and containers. Cookie sheets are large, flat pieces of aluminum that kind of look like a baking sheet used for cookies. (Hence the name.) They have a channel that runs along all four sides where clips on the edges of a cargo net and straps locks into place. If a cargo net is used and there's slack in the net, a rope is used to tie up that slack.
Containers are basically cookie sheets with walls. The standard sized container will have two sections of Aluminum running in an arch that (somewhat) mirrors the shape of smaller planes (like the cargo variants of the 737 and the A320). Plastic or a sheets of Aluminum will form the walls of the back and the arch, leaving the front opening covered by tarps and a net made of cargo straps. The net locks into place with the same clip system as used on the cookie sheets, but there is no need to tie down any extra slack. (There's a buckle that can be used to take up extra slack at the bottom.)
My guess as to why cookie sheets were used over the containers is probably weight. They didn't have that much cargo, and the netting is probably lighter than the cans. It's also possible that whatever they were loading may have been too heavy or awkward to use a forklift to load into a container, but it doesn't seem likely.
Sheets are lighter but are more work for ground and don't work well for many small items or in rain prone airports, but they are more versatile if changing the type of plane.
Containers come in many shapes(designated by a letter code) and are usually specific to a model and deck, they are used more for very regular routes served by a known fleet. Cans are also more forgiving of a poorly managed low cost ground crew because they prevent overhanging cargo that can damage the aircraft liner.
For examplethey have cans specifically for a full width 767 lower deck, or half width 777 main deck, they even have special double tapered container for the rear most position on the main deck where the fuselage is tapering. ( I think most of the Boeing widebodies use the same lowerdeck container shapes, half or full.)
My thanks to both of you for an in-depth explanation of what was a 5-second comment in Kelsey's video. Cheers!
@@HelenWheelsUtah All things aviation.
So what he calls cookie sheets at my work we just call it a pallet purely because when you look at the gse (ground service equipment) code on it it will start with the letter p such examples would be stuff like pla plb basically the same as rash other then you have a. pag then the biggest pallet a pmc which is most likely what they loaded a pallet stack of pmc’s which can weigh a shit tonne and can be a pain in the ass to move if the rollers inside the aircraft are unserviceable
@@liamharding9338 Ah, but the wooden (and now plastic. damn I'm getting old) that freight came into the warehouse on were called pallets or skids. The metal trolly we used to move them around were called pallet jacks.
I’ve always had immense respect for what pilots do and this video confirmed that respect. The amount of knowledge and responsibility pilots have is extraordinary. I love watching your videos and watching one through your perspective was pretty amazing. Thanks Kelsey. I hope that one day I’m a passenger on one of your flights.
This was a cool video, and I can see why your airline trusts you with this kind of responsibility. Super knowledgeable and driven individual
As someone who served in the US Army. This flight is no joke. I did my one restricted tour in South Korea. I was stationed at Fort Stewart. But I flew out of Birmingham AL. It was approximately a 22 hour flight if you dont count the 4 hour lay over in San Francisco. That long of a flight really beats you up, so I can't even imagine what the flight crew goes through. God Bless you all.
Dude. BIG Shoutout to the EDITOR. I saw Kelsey was looking for a blog editor but I didn’t had that high expectations as a former young editor. But this, was just AMAZING. Congrats whoever you are. PD: Also shoutout to Kelsey for those hardworking flights 😅
amazing how when u got to your hotel room they had your camera all set up for you! Much service!
Those shots taken outside of the plane while flying are impressive. That's dedication. 😁
The plane's on autopilot 99% of the time so no one's actually controlling the flight aside from a minute or two after takeoff, a minute or two before landing and in the case of an emergency.
You really think he took those shots outside of the plane??????? Most likely a taped piece or computer generated imaging
@@BicheBug1996 The intended meaning was photos taken of the outside from within the plane.
@@BicheBug1996 obviously a joke…
@@BicheBug1996 - The guy is joking. Anyway. Those are what you can B rolls/shots. Filler shots for a film. Since he’s more a professional Pilot than a Hollywood filmmaker he probably "used" some Promotional or Instructional video given by Boeing to their clients, like his Cargo company for example that they use to give to their pilots to get to know more of the plane they’re flying. The Aerial Shot of Korea is also probably from the Country’s promotional video that they hand out. There are also Stock Footages that one can buy online if they wanted to use it for commercial purposes.
I never realized you were an Atlas Air pilot! One of my favorite airlines. :) I'm a cargo kind of guy.
Very hard job. Most people only see the front side of the pilot profession. Love your channel!!!!
Well done Kelsey, you’re so sweet when you’re tired ❤❤❤❤
I love these pilot vlogs. And congrats on the flight you looked very tired at the end
I totally thought you were going to do one on the Dreamlifter dropping a wheel.
I thought that as well
You were ‘totally’ wrong. Are you a valley girl?
…and/or the Dreamlifter landing at the wrong field.
@@mikek5298 Gag. Coastal, not valley.
@@mikek5298 Current term is "909er"
I think this is the third time I've watched this. Thanks for taking the extra time to vlog this trip for us!
Cool to see the change in your face and demeanor from the start to the end of the video, huge difference but still the same professionalism, interesting watch, thanks!
6:55 That was nice of the hotel staff to set up a camera in your room to film you entering 😉
Is that your daughter ??😊
We want more of this Kelsey this was some really amazing content
Vast majority of people have no idea what’s involved in moving our stuff around the globe; all we know is that when we go to any retail outlet or jump online, we can buy stuff. Thanks for you what you do.
imagine your just in an argument and you just bring up "i fly a 747"
Retired 400 F/O, I thank God I was so blessed to be able to sleep all the time on any rest break, I knew guys who could never slept, most channeling approach and landing was after flying ORD-HKG nonstop and landing to minimums at the old KaiTak airport. Been retired 8 years, haven’t been within 20 miles of an airport or airplane since. Had completely lost the desire to fly, I was old school, remember walking out to the plane with family to show them, no TSA, always rode first class to and from domicile.
9/11 destroyed the aviation career I was use to, what I miss was from closing the cabin to opening it at the destination.
I’ve kinda got the bug after watching many flight simulator videos, if you where just starting out, which flight simulator edition, yolk and throttle quadrants would you suggest
I really enjoyed watching the video, brought back many memories. Thank you
Just wanted to send mega props for recognizing Incheon as it's own city!! As someone who lives in Korea, it's always cool when folks realize Incheon isn't Seoul!!!!!! 👍👍👍
What about Gimpo? I actually have seen that in some other places, the airport is like half to one hour in car from the actual city people commonly name it like.
@@freeculture Gimpo is downtown Seoul, correct! ICN and GMP are very very similar to YYZ and YTZ, where YYZ is "Toronto Airport" but noweher near Toronto, and Billy Bishop (YTZ) is right downtown Toronto.
The editing on this video was definitely next level. Sixteen hours is a long, long haul. I'm good with the 12-13hr ORD-NRT, but the 15 of ORD-HKG is brutal. ICN is nice. Since I'm *A and Asiana is departing the Alliance, I'll miss stopovers at that airport.
Love your videos man, I honestly can't believe you don't have 5M subscribers. You deserve alot more. Waiting for you to become Captain 🙂👍
I hope you see this comment, and I hope you can also talk about the Dreamlifter incident where a tire fell off a few days ago.
Love the work you put in, hope we can see some of your takeoffs and landings where we see you flying.
Started right out of where the old Martinair md11s were parked! Lovely! I remember being a kid and watching them from the parking deck
Thank you for taking us along! Wonderful. Your channel is A+. Stay safe and high up in the light.
Incheon... brings back memories of the first half of the '90s for me. I spent a lot of time there working for industrial customers. Once I had the weird experience of having the weekend to myself in Incheon during Chuseok (traditional Korean Thanksgiving). The city was eerily quiet - I walked for miles while seeing very few people or cars out. I explored nearly all the underground shopping tunnels, though most shops were closed and the tunnels were nearly devoid of people.
And I shouldn't mention hanging out at the Seaman's Inn, buying drinks for the girls and drinking and "dancing" with Russian sailors. I say "dancing" because it was a careful ballet hanging out with them and being friendly without getting into a fight.
I'm a retired C130 Loadmaster, when we were deployed the normal crew duty day was 18 hours. That's clocked from Alert time to landing block time, in the US, the max duty day was 12 hour. No matter how you look at it, that's a long day bro.
The fact that Kelsey literally wears Aviators is the funniest thing about any of these videos. Never change, Kelsey.
I'm confused, they were literally designed for pilots plus they compliments his face shape.
@@Anna_Xor What are you confused about? 🤣
@@Anna_Xor What about what I said is confusing? I said it's funny aka fun. That's a compliment. Maybe rephrase your confusion with "I agree! They really compliment his face shape! Plus, he's a pilot so of course he wears." Might be nicer and more engaging than this weird confrontational tone you are taking for no reason at all.
@@CreakyCricket How is it extreme?
keep he blues side up and that smile,,,I LOVE,,,that it always catches me off guard it the end of the video,,,,,thank you ,,,,i remember good times with my dad when I see aircraft,,,,there werent many so they mean a lot to me the good ones
it is crazy, i remember you vids when you have like 5k subscribers and answered on all comments, and now you are a million youtube blogger, great achievement, keep going bruh!
Just did the ICN to ATL last night (as a passenger though...lol). Just coming home from C check on N780BA at EGAT. Cool to see what you guys go through. Better understanding of crew rest delays. Must be a constant struggle juggling crews for Atlas and our Dreamlifters. Thanks for all you do!
You looked shattered after that flight. .. that's alot of hours ...I'm a truck driver and on the odd occasion I do 14 hours it absolutely wipes me out and affects me for the whole week ....
Great vlogging ....thankyou ..what you do is incredibe !
What an awesome video! The GA pilot in me loves seeing what the "other guys" do; the geek in me is amazed at the editing -- what you using to edit your videos? Amazing work.
Wow. The production value on this vlog is very high! Expertly done Sir! Keeping the blue side up… and the interest level too!
What an amazing video. I love the way the editing has been done and the background score really makes your adrenaline rush! Fabulous and huge respect for your work ethic and schedule! 6:23 HAHAHA!!!
This is really impressive! You went so far to give us that good content that you actually jumped out of the aircraft to film it while flying!
Wow Kelsey you can be proud of yourself! This video is amazingly edited!!! A true masterpiece!
that was some sick editing, feels more like a short movie than a flight vlog, great job!
I remember a 30hr trip once. the flying and then all the delays and missed flights trying to jumpseat home. Boy was I pooped. sleep and eating properly is key but hard to do sometimes. Keep up the work. Beautiful planes.
Your channel just keeps growing and I love that for you! Thank you so much for making these videos! I appreciate it very much. I’m in aviation, but not a pilot, and I love learning about that side of it!
This was very interesting, well done. I am wondering about the 747 Dreamlifter that had a wheel fall off on takeoff, were you on board?
0:37 that alarm... Is death to my ears
This. Was. Awesome. Nicely done Kelsey! But I must ask...did they have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for you this time? HAHA! Have a great week everyone!
really. how could he leave out the review of the snacks?
I think we can infer that they didn't. If they had them, Kelsey would surely have mentioned it. If they didn't have them, he's too professional to complain about how his 🤬 company didn't provide such essential items, or how the rest of the 🤬 crew had eaten them. 🤣
Kelsey really should find out how much access the cleaners have. Where I work, I most definitely have the ability to access the snacks in the galleys and nobody questions it if I rummage.
I’d happily consort with the pilots to smuggle them the snacks in exchange for them making sure we have a nice cool air conditioned airplane to be clean in. 🤣
@@mikoto7693 sounds like one of the cases where the crews could coordinate things more efficiently than the CEOs
@@kenbrown2808 😂
Thanks Kelsey! Great seeing you do your stuff!
Man them long Flights +Jet Lag is got to be real hard. That kind of flying was once my dream that I had to give up on. But just seeing guys like you enjoying the job makes me feel better. I’ll keep enjoying your videos and thank you for that. Stay Safe and Merry Christmas!!!
I think you're quite strong vlogging this after a long day at work
Like the last shot where you enter the room, you obviously had to setup the camera, get out of the room with all the luggage, then come back in just to setup the scene.
I don't know, I feel if I were you I'd just plop straight to bed w/o actually thinking on "hold on, I need to finish the vlog"
As a pilot since I was ten I love watching these videos, I love watching to see how much different a 747-8 is different to a Cessna😂 keep up the good work man
I’m so curious about being on a 15 hour flight .
Longest I’ve traveled on a plane is 5 hours. I could maybe do 8 hours tops!
I LOVE this video format!
Brilliant 👏 video thanks ...loved seen all the walkabouts and checks etc
3:39 the camera man “I BELEVE I CAN FLY😂”💀
I am keeping the blue side up in my flight training. Thank You for taking us along. Inspirational! Looking forward to such experiences myself! You know you love what you do when you can pick up and still set up the camera after a 21 hour shift! Blue Skies!
Goodluck on becoming a Pilot! Hope you make it, you should watch Mentour Pilots videos on air disasters and the explanations. I personally wanna be a police officer, and I find watching videos on others in the field helps a ton. I like watching videos that are critical of police officers and their actions. I think its an important way to understand what not to do, but more importantly why. I think Mentour does an amazing job explaining why air disasters happened. Could really help some day in your future?
16.5 hours is an incredibly long flight for pilots, and it can take a significant toll on the body. Pilots must be well-rested and alert to fly these long distances, so it's important to take breaks and stay hydrated throughout the flight.
Man. I could really see the fatigue in your eyes. I have watched your videos for a few years now. I always learn something new in each one. Thanks so much for putting this stuff out there. I have never actually been a pilot. I have aspired to become one since childhood though. About the time that I started to take ground-school I was hit with some health problems. It really sucked. I am still not giving up though. I study flight all the time. Every day, I look for ways to learn more, and try to experience more about flying. I would not say that I'm obsessed about becoming a pilot, if there was another word for obsessed, so I guess that I'll just say that I have always been obsessed. Well. Anyways. Thanks for the videos that you do. I'm always glad to see a new one. Thanks. You're an inspiration.
I was lucky enough to grow up in the aviation business. My family on an FBL in Colorado. We worked on mostly Conquest, Laarjets and Citations, but also had a paint and custom interior shop that would see Gulf Streaks and Challengers roll through.
It was a fun business to grow up in. I remember in our early years when we were only working on single engine Cessna’s, there’s lotta old timer aviation guys around the place, and they would always say some of us have aviation bargain, some of us don’t. You can always tell the aviation people there’s no matter what it is when they have some overhead they have to look up and see what kind of plane it is….
Nothing wrong with being consumed and obsessed with something as beautiful as aviation.
Take care, hope you get your wings some day!
6:22 LOL 😂
Man that is one big plane. How does something that big and heavy even fly. I’m totally amazed all ways have been about planes. As soon as I could drive I would always go to Baltimore Airport and watch the planes take off and land. When I got my kids I would take them to picnick at the lookout. A great day for all. Your job is the best job ever. Keep up the great job sir. I salute you.
Thank you for taking us with you, pretty interesting Kelsey. Take care of yourself, you looked exhausted by the end.