Profile
Occupation: Captain, ExpressJet Airlines
Airline: ExpressJet Airlines
Aircraft: EMB 145
Certificates: Airline Transport Pilot
Location: Frisco, TX
Interests: Computers, Roller Hockey, Being a Dad!
What made you want to be an airline pilot?
Hi, I’m Jeremy. I am a Captain with ExpressJet Airlines and a former ATP instructor.
My passion for flying began when I was very young. My father was a glider pilot, and I remember going to the airport to play with the other kids while their fathers’ went flying. My interest in flying grew from there, and I eventually wanted to go to the Air Force Academy to fly jets (who didn’t). Unfortunately, my vision is not 20/20, and I thought my flying days were over before they began.
In college, I started flying r/c airplanes, but before long I became bored and decided that I really wanted to be in the airplane, rather than just standing on the ground watching a model fly around. I looked up flight schools in the phone book and called one that looked good. That afternoon, I took my first flying lesson. I promptly took out a small student loan through school for “living” expenses, and four months later I was a private pilot. I had already decided that I wanted to be a professional pilot, and I immediately began working on my instrument rating. After a short time, however, problems began to crop up: the “living” expenses began to dry up, my parents were not in support of my decision, and I went through a several flight instructors, sometimes a new one with each flight, as they started getting hired off to other flying jobs. My confidence blown, I flew less and less until one day, I didn’t fly again. The year was 1995. I had about 90 flight hours.
Fast forward to January 5, 2004. It was my first day in ATP's 90-day Airline Career Pilot Program. I had just quit a very well-paying, computer career where I had been a director for 5 years, my wife was quite skeptical about this new career move and our sudden demotion into a much lower tax bracket, and I had been in an airplane only a few hours since 1995—about 2 months before when I decided to get current because I really wanted to fly again. The dream of being a pro pilot, however, wouldn’t stay down and it didn’t take long to realize that flying for fun wasn’t going to be enough.
I saw an ad for ATP in the back of a flying magazine in early November. A week later, after getting the oK from my wife, I was at my ATP interview, and within a few more days, I had talked to Jim and set a start date. Two weeks later I gave notice at work and was already well into studying for the writtens.
I finished the program in just over 90 days as high Texas winds delayed my final checkride. My goal from the beginning was to instruct for ATP, and I was offered a position a few weeks later. I began instructing at the Dallas location in mid-June. In November, I attended ATP’s week long Regional Jet Certification Program. On December 29th, 2004, I received a phone call from ExpressJet Airlines and was offered an interview and on February 7, 2005, I began my new career as an airline pilot.
Bob
Bob is based in Ontario (ONT) for ExpressJet. They also have bases in Houston (IAH), Newark (EWR), Cleveland (CLE), San Antonio (SAT), and Los Angeles (LAX).
Josie
Josie is Based in Dayton (DAY) with PSA. They also have bases in Knoxville (TYS) and Charlotte (CLT).
Clint
Clint is based in Milwaukee, WI. SkyWest also has bases and domiciles in COS, DEN, FAT, MRY, PDX, PSP, SAN, SBA, SBP, SMF, SLC, LAX, SFO, TUS, and ATL.
Michael
Michael is based in Chicago (ORD), with Eagle. They also have bases in Dallas (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (LGA) and Boston (BOS), Miami (MIA), and San Juan (SJD).
Bobby
Bobby is based in Memphis (MEM) with Pinnacle. They also have bases in Atlanta (ATL), Detroit (DTW) and Minneapolis (MSP).
John
John is Based in Charlotte, NC (CLT) with PSA. They also have bases in Knoxville (TYS) and Dayton (DAY).
Adam
Adam is based in Newark (EWR) for ExpressJet. They also have bases in Houston (IAH), Cleveland (CLE), Ontario (ONT), San Antonio (SAT), and Los Angeles (LAX)
Kevin
Kevin is based in Chicago (ORD), with Eagle. They also have bases in Dallas (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (LGA) and Boston (BOS), Miami (MIA), and San Juan (SJD).
Jeremy
Jeremy is based in Ontario (ONT) for ExpressJet. They also have bases in Houston (IAH), Newark (EWR), Cleveland (CLE), San Antonio (SAT), and Los Angeles (LAX).
Chris
Chris is based in Newark (EWR) for Continental. They also have bases in Houston (IAH) and Cleveland (CLE)
JJ
JJ is based in ORD with SkyWest. They also have bases and domiciles in COS, DEN, FAT, MRY, PDX, PSP, SAN, SBA, SBP, SMF, SLC, LAX, SFO, TUS, ATL, and MKE
Ken
Ken is based in Denver (DEN) with Republic. They also have bases in Columbus (CMH), Indianapolis (IND), Pittsburgh (PIT), and Washington DC.
Corporate Dan
Roger
Roger is based in Houston (IAH) for ExpressJet. They also have bases in Newark (EWR), Cleveland (CLE), Ontario (ONT), San Antonio (SAT), and Los Angeles (LAX).
Dan
Comair has bases in New York (JFK) and Cincinatti (CVG).
Mitch
Mitch is based in Newark (EWR) for ExpressJet. They also have bases in Houston (IAH), Cleveland (CLE), Ontario (ONT), San Antonio (SAT), and Los Angeles (LAX)
Jerry
Jerry is based in New York (JFK) with Comair. They also have a base in Cincinatti (CVG).
Melvin
Melvin is based in Los Angeles (LAX) with Eagle. They also have bases in Dallas (DFW), Chicago (ORD), New York (LGA) and Boston (BOS), Miami (MIA), and San Juan (SJD).
Todd
Todd is based in Denver (DEN) with SkyWest. They also have bases and domiciles in COS, FAT, MRY, PDX, PSP, SAN, SBA, SBP, SMF, SLC, LAX, SFO, TUS, MKE, and ATL
Matt
Matt is based in Altanta (ATL) with ASA.
