21.FIVE - Professional Pilots Podcast - Podcast Episodes, Ranking & Reviews

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219. Why Is the Business Jet Market So Tight Right Now?

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Brooks Pettit of Vaerus Jet Sales joins Dylan and Max to break down what is really happening in the business aircraft market. For professional pilots and flight departmen

Sep 8
1 h 01 min

218. Can You Trust a Pilot on the Road?

Max checks in from a musty Missouri hotel while earning his Light Sport Repairman certificate, and the guys detour through GA maintenance, Starbase, RTA wizardry, and the

Sep 1
1 h 15 min

217. Constant Peg: America's Secret MiG Operation

Rob Zettel joins Dylan and Max to tell the story of flying MiG-21s and MiG-23s with the USAF's secretive Red Eagles under the Constant Peg program. For professional pilot

Aug 25
1 h 27 min

216. What Don't Professional Pilots Know About Owning a Small Airplane?

Max gets wrecked by a closed mariscos truck, discovers there are still 727 flight engineers in the wild, and goes full test-pilot mode in his Cub after finding Bush Air's

Aug 18
1 h 01 min

215. Are You Pushing Your Pilot Career Too Hard?

James Onieal of Raven Careers returns to break down the current pilot hiring market across the majors, regionals, cargo operators, fractionals, and cadet programs. He exp

Aug 11
1 h 02 min

214. Should You Stay for Turbine PIC or Jump to a Regional?

Dylan and Max return from aggressively vacationing with biplane rides, glacier dog sledding, Telluride approaches, and a real single-engine checkride landing at Prescott.

Aug 4
57 min

213. Are Bizav Pilot Salaries Still Climbing?

Dr. Chris Broyhill returns to talk AirComp Calculator data, pilot compensation trends, and why business aviation leadership still needs some recurrent training. For profe

Jul 7
56 min

212. Would You Trade Seniority for Better Stories?

Summer scheduling chaos is in full swing as Dylan and Max talk vacation bidding wizardry, Teterboro's RNAV to Runway 1, NDB war stories, New York hotel-room misery, and a

Jun 9
55 min

211. When Does Paying for Training Actually Make Sense?

Dylan and Max talk Alaska dreams, Southwest's new nonstop to Anchorage, lake lodge podcast fantasies, and Max's brave decision to bypass the discounted Marriott burger fo

Jun 2
1 h 20 min

210. What Should Pilots Do When the Paycheck Stops?

Timothy P. Pope joins Dylan and Max to talk through the financial side of Spirit's shutdown and what professional pilots can learn from it. For airline and bizav pilots,

May 19
37 min

209. Should You Trade Quality of Life for Airline Seniority?

Dylan and Max kick things off with DoubleTree cookie restraint, San Diego seafood, 40-plus Vegas strategy, DJ juice, and the emerging menace of the commuter life vest. In

May 13
1 h 02 min

208. How Should Pilots Compete After Spirit's Shutdown?

James Onieal from Raven Career Development joins Dylan and Max to unpack Spirit Airlines' wind down and what it means for Spirit pilots, regional pilots, CFIs, and anyone

May 5
59 min

207. Would You Sign a Five-Year Non-Prorated Training Contract?

Max recaps a wild GA camping trip involving gale-force winds and a midnight arboreal emergency, while Dylan discusses the "superpower" of vibe-coding your own aviation to

Apr 28
58 min

206. Is your leadership style actually just manipulation?

Dylan and Max sit down with Kyle Freiberger and Mike Sferrazza from First Class Leaders to bridge the gap between technical proficiency and effective aviation leadership

Apr 21
1 h 08 min

205. Is Airport Parking the Worst Part of Being an Airline Pilot?

This week Dylan and Max kick things off with Atlantic Bucks, the new IRS reporting threshold, and a spirited rant about airport parking, employee lots, and the endless mi

Apr 14
56 min

204. What Can We Learn Before the Final Report Arrives?

Juan Browne of the blancolirio YouTube channel joins Dylan and Max to talk about how he breaks down aviation accidents and incidents in near real time. For professional p

Apr 7
42 min

203. Is Commuting Worth Three Years of Seniority?

Why is Max recording at night, and why does every aviation headline lately feel like another runway-incursion autopsy? This episode covers TSA chaos at Sky Harbor, a roug

Mar 24
1 h 01 min

202. Would You Start Over at a Fractional in Your 40s?

This week Dylan and Max dig into the recent Challenger 650 accident in Bangor and the very real pressure corporate crews can feel when winter ops get sporty. In the Mailb

Mar 17
1 h 23 min

201. Why Are Wrong-Airport Landings Still Happening?

Dan Boedigheimer from Advanced Aircrew Academy joins Dylan and Max to break down why wrong-airport and wrong-surface landings still happen, and what professional pilots c

Mar 10
41 min

200. Live show: James Onieal answers listener questions

Dylan and Max are joined by James Onieal (Raven Careers) for Episode 200, covering everything from conferences and networking to cadet programs, cargo hiring, and fractio

Mar 4
1 h 38 min

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Love the podcast!! As a student pilot with aspirations to fly for the majors I love hearing from people in the industry and what their life is like.

Drew.aviator514 · Jul 2026

I am an avid listener of the 21.Five show and I always enjoy the salty humor, occasional political innuendo and general good aviation vibes. During a recent trip to one of SWA’s hot spots, my FO was showing me the secret routes from the terminal to the hotel. During our discussions of various hazards the we would endure during our 12-15 minute walk through the underground hallway including possible flooding, closed subway stations, falling ceiling tiles and various molds and mildew, we spotted a brave soul getting a jog in presumably to avoid the outside rain and thunder. I guess I should not have been surprised to realize that the jogger devoted to increasing his mitochondria despite the weather was Max. After seeing him, I assumed he was heading to the gym, and knowing that the dumbbells only went up to 50’s I quickly got changed and headed down, ready to stack some extra weights on top so Max could adequately train for his centenarian decathlon. Unfortunately he headed to the hotel restaurant and I was not honored to meet him in the gym, but look forward to my next chance meeting with the famous podcast host.

A flier · Jun 2026

I think you’ve found your next sticker idea: „Wake up wrecked in the Hilton somewhere!“ - The 21.5 Show. Love the show, been listening for a long time now. I recommend it to all the aspiring pilots I work with or speak with. From student pilots to guys like me trying go from Marine Corps V22s (Shout out to Dan mentioned in a previous episode) to the Majors. Keep up the great work guys! Always informative and entertaining. „Fake it ‚til you make it!“ Semper Fidelis. Mark.

Noswet261 · May 2026

Funny, informative and insightful. By far the best aviation podcast out there. As someone riding the industry wave (one day listening from the right seat at FL45,0 and the next day at home laid off) this podcast keeps me plugged in and encouraged. Listening makes me feel like it’s just another day on the flight deck…

SRpickles71 · May 2026

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