How to make $$$ as a jet pilot | + free flight lessons
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
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In this video, I'm sharing how I made $6000 in 12 hours as a private jet pilot. If you're interested in a career in aviation, then this video is for you!
As a private jet pilot, my job is to fly people around the world. In this video, I'll share with you how I made $6000 in just 12 hours by flying people around the globe. Whether you're a flight student or a seasoned pilot, I hope you'll find this video helpful!
Lots of cockpit footage in this one!
Yesterday I gave money to a couple of student pilots that are on their way up to the Flight Levels. Then we flew the Gulfstream G4 jet from Chino CA to San Diego CA and Back in under 12 hours. I made $6000 USD for the day! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm excited to give back more to the aviation community!
I feel like it’s rare to find guys that are super successful AND super down to earth like this guy. You could tell this is genuine, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d do this kinda stuff off camera too. Mad respect helping these guys out. So cool! Big bucks and a big heart.
Thanks pal! I appreciate that! I love doing things for other people, cameras or no cameras! Hope you have a good weekend! 🍻
@@gear_down you really are bud!
you aint make 6k flyin lil bird , we know u full of sheet @@gear_down
I don’t 1:13 o 😮😮😢 1:27 😮😮 is is a 😢😢😮
@brackenquinton2955 I completely agree! I love to see guys like this paying it forward. We need more genuine aviators like @gear_down in the community!! I am looking forward to doing this one day soon myself.
I smell the beginnings of the “Gear Down Foundation”. Love watching people give back. Keep it up kind sir.
I used to do this when I owned the flight school. I’ll talk about it on an upcoming live!
My grandson is currently finishing up his instrument rating at Fullerton. He is also working his way through the $150 per flight to get his license. His plan is going all the way to either Commercial or Private depending on whatever opportunities arise. He is a hard working kid and started a business at 10 years old with his sister in Vegas. He does that part time job in Yorba Linda, works in a concrete tool shop as a welder and sharpening saw blades, takes classes on line and finish up flight school as we speak. This 19 year old is a special individual that will be successful in life. A work ethic has always been a major part of his upbringing.
Great Vlog!
watching you network while helping those guys out was pretty slick. That’s the shit i aspire towards !
Thank brother! Hope all is well! 🍻 🦃
8.5 hrs into my PPL and this completely made my turkey day brother… im fortunate to be able to fund my training, but there’s a lot of pilots to be struggling.
Love your channel and content, and I LOVE that such a successful dude remembers where he started. It’ll come back 10 fold man, good on you!
Blue skies and nothing but success. Keep the awesome content coming! Happy Thanksgiving
Thanks man!!! Good luck with the PPL. It’s the most fun rating IMHO aside from seaplane! Cheers!
Love the wholesome content! Just passed my commercial multi-engine checkride last week, and its content like this that's helped me get through. You're doing great work out there man!
Wow man!!! Congrats that’s great to hear! Good luck out there. There are tons of opportunities!!!!
Mannnn I wish there were people like you in my area 😭 free flight lessons is a gift from god
You never know when I might be in your city! 👀
I absolutely love your content. As a want to be pilot, I live vicariously through your channel and others, such as CitationMax, Fly With Owen and JR Aviation. Thanks for sharing all your adventures and giving back to pilots in-training. God bless you and safe travels!
Wow, thanks!
Saw your video a year ago. Finally worked the nerve to go for a flight. I LOVED IT. So excited to do this!
Awesome man congratulations!!!!!!! 🎉
Mad respect. By far my favorite aviation channel.
Yo, fantastic video today! I’d imagine you really made the students’ day. This is quickly becoming my favorite channel. You and Owen are both super inspirational. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for the amazing compliment Jonny! Happy thanksgiving man!
Wow, man I love to see such great stuff from this channel! It’s an entire world of flying I’m not familiar with but I love the content! - A legacy airline pilot.
Love it! Reached out to you a few months ago right before I started my PPL journey at KFUL and currently at 42 hours and passed my written a few weeks back. Now I just have to knock out my two XC solo’s and a handful of hours for checkride prep and then schedule my checkride. Can’t wait to be at this point you’re at in the future. Keep the content coming brotha!
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Congrats on living your best life! I'm corporate/contract pilot my self, been contracting for 17 year's.. Typed in the Falcon 2000 and 4 Citation Jets.. You can definitely make some decent money and have a great life... There's definitely more than airline flying. Nothing wrong with the airlines to be clear!
Whats a realistic annual salary hustling this?
Awesome content man per usual! Currently wrapping up my commercial multi, really wanting to start in the corporate industry. Huge inspiration man thank you.
Super cool man! Congrats on getting this far!
You seem like such a g to fly with. The first officer is clearly new yet you're chill, laid back and encouraging him. I take my hat off to you!
Your channel has resparked my love of aviation.
Wow, thanks! That’s a huge complieknt
Compliment
Simple video with quality content man! Glad to see you paying it forward where you started. The video is a good example of the community you find on the ramp. Just dudes wanting to talk about flying.
That’s the truth! Thanks for watching this one! Cheers man!
Got my private 30 years ago and was just a few hours shy of taking my instrument check ride. About that time, my wife gave birth to our daughter and life just got busy. I stopped flying and concentrated on my engineering career. I still miss flying and many times wish that I had changed careers. Too late now…I’m 64 years old! But, I’m grateful that I can watch these videos. I get a lot of joy just watching. Thanks for the content!
That's awesome. Way to give back like that. Just ordered me a "What Notam?" shirt, thanks for the discount code!
Awesome! Thank you!
I really want to get into aviation. So many genuine people and relationships you can.
Huge fan of this channel and the motivation you provide.
Helping Kyle find a job once he has his ratings is huge and a connection he may not realize how lucky he is to have.
Evdrytime I watch gear down videos. I really want to get into aviation. Have things I have to clear up financially and definitely have to hit a diet and the gym 😆😆
I love the insight to this side of aviation. Everyone always talks about airlines but this looks like an exciting job! Working on my private now just passed the knowledge test.
Good on you, when you can give back, it is fantastic to do so. God bless and happy thanksgiving
Thank you, happy thanksgiving
This is super dope! Folks don't know how much coin these flight lessons hit for so the free lesson is definitely a blessing ! I'm working on my Private out of Chino, its dope seeing the private jets flying out of there! Keep it up brotha!
I wish there was more individuals like you out there. I have a met a few. Not many. - I've done the same in the film world for aspiring actors, writers and producers. It is my hope to one day to be able to have a similar lifestyle in the aviation world, while still making films, and give back in the same manner. - Keep up the great work. - Lots of good energy in your life.
As someone scraping every extra penny to try to pay for lessons, i know those guys appreciate what you did for them. Awesome man gitting my sub
When I start making that pilot paycheck I would love to do this also, aviation is an awesome community to be a part of, I will definitely be helping some pilots that don’t have a lot and will help them keep that dream alive! Trying to finish my multi and it’s hard when you got other responsibilities, can’t wait to help some others I’ve been there!
That’s so sick man glad I found your channel. I’m new in aviation 41 yrs old got in some trouble when I was younger but getting ready for my 1st class medical exam. 🤞
Super wholesome! Loved it as always Tommy
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you, I’m going to try to do a lot more of these types of video!
Yeah I’m into that. True testament of the core of this fella 👍🏿 To be successful after the graft you put in to get there means you understand what it means to get a lift along the way. Big bout ya gezzer.
Aye happy thanksgiving. I have about 5 more months of A&P school and then plan to start pilot training. I’m 22 years old, AAS degree, so glad I chose the A&P route first after watching your videos.
Awesome man! Keep up the good work! 💪 happy holidays!
Where are the v-neck tees for the aviatrix? Give us some love! Super nice of you to give back like that! The guys were turning red, so cute. Serious traffic on Wednesday. I had an IR flight lesson and was circling around at PDZ for a while. Wish I could've met you at OSH...next time.
I’ll put some up tonight!
We’ll see you there this year!
You’re quickly becoming my favorite UA-cam aviation channel. It’s as if Bradley Nowell didn’t decide to be in a band and wanted to become a pilot instead 🤟🏼
Haha thanks man, that’s a real compliment 😁😁😁
Great video! I can't wait until I start flight training in March!
Good luck with training! Hope to see u in the sky’s soon!
Every time I watch your vids I get even more excited about aviation. I want to fly jets like that one day once im done with all my certifications and ratings. Keep it up man🔥🔥
You're a great guy Thomas! I'm from another country and have recently found your channel, subscribed and watched quite a few of your videos! Good on you for the amazing videos, filling and life into an aviation world. I am currently in the airforce and planning to leave soon to start my career in the commercial flying world too! Hope to get in touch and meet you one day!
Happy thanksgiving GD! Much love from Colorado (APA) 🤙
Same to you! Thanks for watching!
Top shelf guy you are man! I would love to be in a financial place to randomly do the same. Great stuff. Just being able to access you for networking would be infinitely valuable.
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Just wanted to drop a comment and say I landed my first two contract flights. I currently have a salaried flight position so this extra contract work will be a nice bonus. A 2 day trip followed by a 3 day trip shortly after.
Watching your content inspired me to go grind out my network and find contract work on top of my regular flight gig.
Came to watch the rockstar pilot life, subscribed because of the great human being giving back to the school he started with.
Gear down merch is absolutely sick
Thanks man!
I think it’s great that you helped out those guys on thanksgiving I’m looking into getting my license with my goal being commercial
Damn I would love flight lessons. So good to see you giving back!
I just found your channel and I've got to say I really enjoy the videos like this where you show in detail all the buttons and procedures. I am a rotorcraft pilot and I often wonder what it would be like in the private fixed wing world.... Keep up the great videos and god bless you and your passengers.
Thanks man! I’m glad you’re enjoying it! Hope you hit the subscribe button!
You know I did...@@gear_down
Happy Thanksgiving!! Gear Down,, I’m looking forward to checking out in your Arrow in my area
Awesome! Thank you! It’ll be there soon
Found you through researching about the licenses needed to make money. Always wanted to get one. Planning on it once my bachelors is done and I have more money saved for it. Keep up the great content
Thank you!!! Please reach out when you make the leap! It’s a great rewarding career!
Step one ditch the degree step two forget about aviation If your only interested about pay
Love this video man. I’m a CFI in van nuys and when I was a student and if I got a gift like this I would have cried. See you around in the skies Thomas!
thats pretty wholesome dude kudos to you for making those students day. just completed my commercial, working on all my cfi's and multi engine! keep up the good content!
If you feel like blessing a flight student in AZ for Christmas, I’ll be at my apartment heating up my third ramen for the day.
I remember those days! Keep grinding! You’ll be up here in no time
@@gear_down amen brotha! Stay up 🤙🏾
Super nice of ya man to give back! Need more pilots like you who are super chill. When ya making your way to the east coast? I’m a 650TT CFI in NJ just building time to 1500
What are your rates + rental in NJ ?
Ahh we don’t head that way often. I usually airline out when we do lol
thats awesome. I'm from Jamaica searching for flight schools and scholarships right now so hopefully I can live the dream like you one day
The rawest flight line interview ever nicely done sir! Thanks for encouraging those guys… Checkride prep I was selling stuff to finish my ppl! Super cool and raw thanks for sharing bruh! Btw I too am 61.55 typed 🤣
Great video! Need more content like this of procedures and everything!
Thanks! Will do!
Small world I went through that flight school and still use their planes, wish you came around when I was there!
I appreciate this video even though it wasn’t me. I know what it is to not have enough money to fly, you don’t see this everyday. Some pilots won’t even give you the time of day. God bless you!
One of the best vids i've seen! I'm older and working (slowly) to get my private, but look forward to seeing these motivating videos! Good stuff!!
Idk why, but I love watching the auto-throttles do their thing. Maybe one day I'll jump into a cockpit.
Awesome job man!
Love to see you truly blessing those guys, and you didn't have to.👍
Thank you! It’s always a good feeling to help others. I highly encourage everyone else to do it if you can. Thank you so much for watching this one. I truly appreciate it.
As a student pilot myself, GearDown you’re just awesome! Will contact you as-well once I have my multi! Im in Cleveland
Love these videos, keep it up! You’re an inspiration
I appreciate that!
This helps people so much it’s such a blessing to have someone like you doing this. Thanks Tommy ! Currently 50k debt lol
You got it! Stay on the grind! Thank you for supporting the channel. Reply to this with your address and shirt size, I’ll send you some merch :)
You gotta tag me though so I see it. Once I reply to messages, it’s hard to find them again tag me like this @gear_down
@@gear_downalso your vids are great for aviation. There’s people like you who add to aviation and yours are sticking out
Dude thats awesome! I actually also take my lessons here at Fun Outside Aviation and would love to be able to meet you one day. Thank you for inspiring me through your videos and hopefully one day my aviation careers allows us to cross paths!
Super cool! Love FO flight school!
How do you like fun outside ?
Looking at maybe going there
Love your style man that’s how you do Aviation. If you need help or need another pilot let me know brother 🤙
Well done Tommy. Your a top bloke 🤙
Thank you kindly!!!
What is stray Baller? I love this channel! It’s not just technical flying. It’s about the entire community. I love it. Keep on keeping on my man. You do a great job. Tommy! And shout out to Garett. Obviously he is totally Baller.
Sick video keep them coming! For someone that has dreamed and is working towards going to the airlines it’s awesome to see a complete other side of aviation that I didn’t really know was a thing!
Love following you and all your adventures and I’m in law enforcement in Northern California and I have my first intro flight next week and so excited and maybe change career
Everyday you post is a good day 😂. Btw everyone who wants a flight bag or his e book tomorrow they’re going on sale!
Thank you for that!!!
@@gear_down lol I advertised it and wasn’t awake when it dropped so I wasn’t able to buy the black flight bag but it is what it is
this is great man, means a lot
Thanks for the positive comment! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I went from a curtesy ride to first instructional ride in the same day. I had no plan, just had to fly. I had five lessons before I realized how much money I would be spending to get my Private ticket. I flew almost everyday for 6 weeks.
I used all my savings ($200), Hey, I was nineteen it was all I had saved. I decided to get a friend to co-sign for a loan at the bank in order to have all the money I needed. The banker was happy to give me the $500. loan. 1971 Everything cost a whole lot less.
Cessna 150 was $15.00/ hr wet or $9.00/ hr dry. Instructor rate was $6./hr
6 weeks later...PPL.
Thanks for taking us little guys with you on your adventures. Working on my instrument. Hopefully I'll be your co-pilot one day!😅
Currently flying the GIV PIC - 91/135, fresh .297, extensive (recent) Int'l exp. PHX based, 2wk on/2wk off rotation. Looking to further branch out the Networking for more Contract work. Happy to help out on availability.
I think I know where you work 👀 AT* and a lot of trips to Africa lol
Top shelf Tommy does it again? Great video broski! Up top no stop!
Another inspiring episode. Great Job Gears Down.
Thanks again!
You seem like such a genuinely good dude. Great video as usually!
Happy thanksgiving Tommy great video as always
Thanks! You too! 🦃 🍻
awsome to see you do this man !
Thank you. Much More of this type of content to come!
I got a DWI wayyyyy back in 2009 when I was a dumb college kid. As I've come to understand, the FAA never forgets and I was under the limit of .15 so the AME would likely issue after getting background info from me on the incident but my initial concern was not being able to get into the majors. Now, after watching your channel I am just thinking of going private route and forgoing the majors altogether..
Awesome as always!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Love it... Well done Sir,,,,,,
Thank you!
Love the channel. I do have to say it's very hard to get into private flying. I'm currently building hours to get to about 1000 hours, and it's not easy. I've looked around to get some help from part 91 operations to meet that 61.55 requirements and there are just so many people trying to do the same. There are some facebook groups filled with people trying to do the same. I'm leaving a 100K job to get back into flying (got my certs almost 17 years ago) but it seems like it's not going to be as easy as some of my friends have put it. I looked at volato which wants 1000 hours and 250 multi. 1000 TT is doable, but 250 multi is nearly impossible to build unless you get CFI/CFII/MEI then build. When I was trying to do this the 1st time, you needed like 50 multi, 750TT and off to regionals you went. so it's easier, but harder right now it seems. You really need to know someone and have them take you under their wing if you want to go private route.
Love this video!!! I am looking forward to creating similar videos as I continue my aviation journey, Keep up the great work!!
Good for you. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing the industry.😊
😂 Hahaha!! Looking good getting to the aircraft early before the trip and then taking off! Sweet!! Hahaha😊, when you landed at your destination and you guys were taxing you made me laugh. Haha😅!! I heared you, "No", at about 29:31, 😅😅 Well, the hotel room was cool. Being right there on the beach was nice!😊 That was cool uou made it home home at about 2:43am Thanksgiving early early morning!! Nice trip.
Great video as always! I just got a GoPro to start recording my flight lessons and document my journey, currently at 14 hours!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...left seat. You see Tommy...I do watch your stuff.
Hahahhahah
@@gear_down Fly safe buddy. I am a retired professional pilot now, but I still fly for me. If you are making a stop in Fort Worth, Texas sometime...gimmie a heads up and I will meet you at Meacham Field.
wow. wish I could have met you. I spent my thanksgiving sleeping in my car. (got at least put up in a room for 2 nights by the local community). I got about 100 hours logged but I didn't finish and do my checkride because of $.
Awesome vid as usual! 👍🏼
One request: Can you add what Dep/Ariv you used on the flight in the description for us flight sim nerds? 😊
Love at.
Good job man Maybe I meet you day and need your help in aviation
Great content. You’re a generational inspiration.
Your humbleness and knowledge much appreciated! Greetings from sunny PR! I would like for you to do a video on the responsibilities and duties of a co-pilot and a Pilot what would be the pay while serving as a co-pilot. much respect for your information and Time -reniel
Hey I see you went in threshold hangar I worked right next door socal MRo many years ago anyways shout out to Mark from Threshold small ass world I do my flight lessons there at chino im currently studying for A&P. Anyways thanks for the good content
Brilliant video love the detail to follow check list keep em coming 😁
Great flight many thanks for sharing all the best Paul 🇬🇧in the UK cheers
Totally loving the videos, would love to go on a flight in a private jet one day.
You’re cool are you coming to the Fullerton Party Dec 7th? You should!!
Unfortunately I’ll be on the road. When I’m at home the last place I want to be lol
Always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing
awesome video regards from Bolivia Captain.
Thank you! Been to La Paz many times in the Gulfstream…. Very hard to breathe at that airport lol
Another banger!!!
Thanks man!!! Happy happy holidays!!!
I bought the e book thank you for your content! You are on it would love to learn from you