Long Before the Type Rating, There Was a Summer Job

One veteran pilot's logbook traces back not to a simulator bay but to a book, a mentor who answered his questions, and a job he held while still in high school. For an owner whose flight department lives or dies on the judgment of the people up front, it's worth remembering that the habits showing up in the left seat today were often set down decades earlier, well before any type rating.

With reporting from Flying.