Swayne Martin

About Swayne Martin

Swayne is a First Officer for United Airlines on the Boeing 757/767. With over subscribers and 40 million views, his YouTube channel is a go-to source for aspiring pilots learning about career opportunities. As a teenager from a family with no aviation background, Swayne\'s mission became to fill the gap of knowledge and help to inspire people not exposed to aviation-in person. By documenting his own training on YouTube and in writing, Swayne began to teach other aspiring pilots what to expect from each stage of flight training. He started writing for Boldmethod Pilot Training in 2014, where he\'s now a co-owner and editor. To kickstart his aviation career, Swayne attended the University of North Dakota and built his first professional flight experience by flying inter-island for Hawaiian carrier Mokulele Airlines. Today, Swayne\'s videos cover specific topics such as simulator training, pilot schedules, and lifestyle expectations to make the transition into airline flying straightforward. Each video is targeted to answer questions that students and instructors are not traditionally exposed to during flight school. Swayne produced the first series of 360-degree videos from the flight deck of an airline in the USA; these allow future pilots to virtually sit in the flight deck and experience the workflow that airline pilots handle every day. The resource he’s created is the first example of an airline-approved comprehensive view on becoming an airline pilot.

Experience

1. First Officer

   United Airlines

   Mar 2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   First Officer on the Boeing 787 for United Airlines, based out of SFO. As one of the world\'s fastest-growing airlines, United\'s shared purpose is \"Connecting People. Uniting the World.\" Previous First Officer on the 757/767 from 20••••25 (EWR, ORD, SFO).

Education

• University of North Dakota

  Bachelor’s Degree, Aeronautical Science - Commercial Aviation

  2015 — 2019

Skills

• Aviation
• Civil Aviation
• Charter
• Private Piloting
• Flying
• Airports
• Blogging
• Flights
• Aircraft Maintenance
• Video Editing
• French
• Flight Training
• Aerospace
• Airlines
• Flight Planning
• English Literature
• Social Media
• Aeronautics
• Piloting
• Travel Writing
• Private Pilot
• Writing
• Student Pilot
• Digital Photography
• Aircraft
• Blog Marketing
• Photoshop
• Website Management
• Flight Safety
• Human Factors