Your Aviation Athlete Mentality 

Aviation professionals have some of the most tested professions in the world. Every 6 to 12 months, most of you will have to successfully pass some of the most stringent of tests and assessments that will allow you to retain licences, medical certificates and keep your type ratings valid.   

Here are several that come to mind;  

• Medical assessment  
• Complete a ‘Line Check’ 
• Simulator Training/Assessments  
• Technical testing - Aircraft type 
• Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training 
• Aviation Security Training 
• Winter Operations Training 
• Dangerous Goods Training 

The list goes on....  

What this means is you have a special mentality. Not too dissimilar to an athlete. This aviation athlete mentality means you not only have the technical skills, the reflexes, the decision making, critical thinking and the CRM knowledge but you also have a winner's mentality. Just like an athlete.   

You are a Professional Aviation Athlete with one of the Strongest Athlete’s mindsets within all commercial industries in terms of focus, dedication, discipline and hard training. This difficult time is the time to COMPETE AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND REMEMBER how you became WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED in the aviation industry.  

Pilots need instructors and examiners to learn how to fly safely, athletes of any sport in life need coaches to help them reach their ideal performance state.   

Hence, we all as aviation professionals must embrace personal development, to bring out the very best in ourselves, being smart, playing by the new rules within recruitment, within the aviation industry’s game, to discover what’s our best position in the field, what’s our best and most competitive strategy to be ahead of the competition, utilising our unique strengths, personal values and our core skills to be able to claim the victory our efforts will deserve.   

We hope this video inspires you to take action in your professional career with one of the most important ASSETS you have; YOUR AVIATION ATHLETE MENTALITY. 

Look out for our next free training video where we will be giving you a key message on how to Transform Your Aviation Logbook.   

All the best, 

Hector Riva-Palacio & Paul Osorio 

Specialists in Aviation Coaching and Airline Recruitment 

PS if you need help embracing your own career development, to bring out the best in yourself, so you can be in the best position to compete in the new recruitment landscape we created our Aviation Coaching Course - Adjust with Purpose for you.