What is going on avination?! Welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast. Today, I am talking with David Lombardo, a co-founder of everyone's favorite aviation meme page ATC Memes.
What we talked about in today's episode.
- Pilots are more than just pilots.
- How David loves Youtube and it is the epitome of the internet.
- How the page really exploded when they messed around with audio.
- We find out why David wanted to be involved with aviation.
- He got into aviation because of video games.
- Why it is important to have people to bounce ideas off of.
- Why he didn’t want to be a pilot.
- How a college professor inspired him to work with audio.
- Why he left his job as a controller.
- How news channels have used their content for real-life events.
- Was he ever recognized while working ATC.
- Were his supervisors every unhappy with him running the page.
- David quotes the Kim Kardashian principle.
- How ATC Memes and Airline Pilot memes had an epic meet up in Houston.
- How a delivery went from a great idea to really awkward.
- Why he decided to start selling aviation style apparel.
- Why they decided to create leggings.
- How David has always been an entrepreneur.
- How to being creative can help you in your career.
- Three tips to make a great internet page.
- Create content and don’t be afraid to fail.
- We find out where "say no to kilo came from."
- My favorite Washington Center story.
- His favorite moments from being a controller.
- We talk about if Drone pilots are actually pilots.
Happy Flying Avination,
Justin