Pilot Life Episodes

Firsthand stories about the realities of professional flying, from schedules, reserve duty, and commuting to cockpit experiences and life on the road.
Jan. 28, 2025

Day In the Life part 3 - Let's Go Fly!

In this episode you will follow Tom and Mike along as we get to the airplane, push back, and take off. As usual there will be multiple stories about lessons learned and advice given a long the way. Have a question or an idea for the show? Contact us below: theblackbox01@yahoo.com Instagram: THE_BLACK_BOX01 X: @the_black_box01 https://youtube.com/@theblackboxwithtomandmike?si=-sGEs7Oa2StSWPUR
Jan. 21, 2025

A Day In The Life Part 2

In this episode Captain's Mike and Tom start off discussing the nuances of being new to higher levels of social media and podcast broadcast production. The show moves into some quick takes on some real life stories from last week's travels. Then we get into what its like to arrive at the airport, head to the gate, meet the crew, do the pre-flight and get ready to push the flight off the gate. We wrap-up with a discussion about a current even topic regarding a Southwest Airlines pilot who was arr...
Jan. 15, 2025

A Day In The Life Part 1

In this episode Captain's Mike and Tom take you into the life of the typical airline pilots commute to work. Some by air, land and sea. A typical day isn't very typical. We explore a couple of humouros stories we've withnesed this week and breakdown a current events aviation media story. Please follow us on instagram @the_black_box01 Have questions or comments leave them at theblackbox01@yahoo.com
Jan. 12, 2025

Intro With Mike and Tom

This is our introduction podcast discussing our backgrounds and where we want to take this show. We get ready to bring an audience closer to the world of professional aviation.