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While
counseling aspiring and employed pilots, Captain
Kahn wrote
Flight Guide for Success:
Tips and Tactics for the Aspiring Pilot
to help them synthesize their aspirations and
skills into a manageable action plan that would
empower them to secure ideal employment or climb
the corporate ranks. Today, she has broadened
her message to share with others how they too
can become more confident and succeed in any
professional or personal pursuit.
She has also authored articles for a host of
aviation, personal motivation, career and
travel publications, including
Flight
Training,
Leadership Excellence,
Employment Crossing and
Travel Host magazines. |
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“I just wanted to let you know that I bought your book
Flight Guide for Success a while back and read it, and I thought that besides all the great tips and advices that you give with all your flight experience, I also thought that it gives a lot of “life experience” advice as well, which is priceless for someone in aviation or not… they were good life lessons.”
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~ L.
Vasquez
via e-mail |
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“I really enjoyed your book. I appreciate
all the good ideas you gave me. It really
helped me get focused again.”
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~ L. Reagan
Baltimore, MD |
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“Thank you for all the instruction,
patience, and excellent explanations.” |
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~ S.
Blue
Big Bear, CA |
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FLIGHT GUIDE FOR SUCCESS |
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This 298-page manual is based on
Captain
Kahn’s 30+ years’ experience as a commercial pilot.
Now in its third reprint,
Flight Guide For Success
answers the tough, pilot career questions without
sugar coating the answers. Having written numerous
articles on the subject of flying careers and having
career-counseled dozens of prospective pilots,
Captain
Kahn
addresses topics other books dare not raise.
From getting started and finding one’s first job, to
marketing oneself and preparing for the interviews,
this book lays it on the line. And although it
focuses on preparing for a job at a major airline,
Captain
Kahn’s no-nonsense prose illustrate the underlying
point that honesty and integrity, along with
humility and transparency, matter not only in an
airline career, but also in life. |
Flight Guide For Success
retails
for $19.95 + $4.50 for shipping and handling. |
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BOOK
REVIEWS |
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Kahn’s
upbeat attitude is woven throughout the pages of her guide. “This is not
a how-to book, and it’s not a memoir,” she noted. Instead it is a
collection of personal stories, both hers and others’, covering such
general career-related areas as setting goals, networking,
learning from your mistakes, interview secrets, and writing a fabulous
résumé.
Cymbre
Foster, Editor
ForeWord Magazine
Reviews of Good Books |
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Whether
you're just beginning your flight training toward a professional pilot
career—ready to look for your first commercial flying job—or you've been
through the mill and want to refine your approach, Karen Kahn's
Flight Guide For Success Tips & tactics for the Aspiring Airline Pilot
gives clear insight into how you can reach your goal.
Julie K. Boatman
AOPA Flight Training
Pilot Products |
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PUBLISHED
ARTICLES |
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Leadership/Personal Motivation |
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“Value Your
Experience: Stay Relevant in Work and Service”
–Many people now plan to delay retirement due to the
economy. Many find it difficult to pay the mortgage
or rent and contribute to the IRAs. If this scenario
hits close to home, you may discover that changing
careers, re-entering the workforce or serving others
is a matter of reselling your experience and
adjusting your viewpoint. Starting over at any age
is never easy. Here are seven tips to help you.
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Career Development |
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"New
Directions: Changing Careers at Midlife"
Changing careers. It sounds like an intriguing idea,
and some of the flight school recruiting brochures
are so enticing: fly to exotic places, earn top
dollar, operate sophisticated new-generation
airplanes while earning the respect of your family
and friends. Certainly, the stuff of daydreams.
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“The
Networking Factor”
-One of the best-kept secrets in job hunting is what
I call the networking factor. Simply stated,
everyone who has been successful in his or her
career has been helped by someone, somewhere along
the way. It is an unwritten rule that each of us who
benefits from this system is obligated to return the
favor and make the “payback” in the form of helping
some other deserving job seeker.
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Aviation |
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“Moving up the
Job Ladder” – How do I
progress upward from my current CFI position to
find a cargo, corporate or commuter job? Start
by selling yourself with a bit of personal
public relations. Let other pilots know what
you’re looking for and approximately, when
you’ll be ready for a new job. If it’s a CFI
job, keep them updated on your progress as you
complete your flight ratings.
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“Spending
Flying Dollars Wisely” – Misspent flying
dollars are like bad landings, and everyone has
done it. They can range from overspending on
basic training to unnecessary expenditures for
seemingly professional add-ons, such as job
qualification courses that familiarize students
with a large airline-type aircraft. Many
newcomers forget that recruiters from flight
schools are paid to sell you their specific type
of flight training. For the basics, all FAA
certificates and ratings ultimately appear on
the same wallet-size card, regardless of where
your training was obtained.
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