ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Monica Langley takes the controls of a flight simulator at United Airlines' pilot training center in Denver, with United captain Miles as her first officer and CEO Scott Kirby riding along in the jump seat. She takes off, flies past downtown Chicago, and brings the plane in for a landing.Along the way, Kirby talks about the center's 86 simulators and how fast United is growing, and Miles explains how United trains its pilots before they ever fly a real aircraft.Chapters0:00 Intro and Welcome to United's Pilot Training Center0:21 86 Simulators and Training Every Nine Months0:51 Growing Faster Than Any Airline in History1:32 Learning the Controls2:55 Takeoff3:55 Flying Toward Chicago4:53 Learning to Turn5:45 Flying Past Willis Tower6:00 Starting the Descent7:21 Is Landing the Hardest Part?8:10 31 Years at United9:26 Practicing the Flare10:15 Repositioning and Flying by Instruments11:21 Final Approach12:43 Touchdown13:38 The CEO in the Jump Seat14:00 How United Trains New Pilots14:48 Line Check Pilots and the First Real Flight15:10 Training One Plane at a Time15:37 Honorary Wings#OfficeHours #ScottKirby #UnitedAirlines #FlightSimulator #HaslamCollegeOfBusiness
