I'm Swayne Martin, and I'm an editor at Boldmethod.
I'm a First Officer on the Boeing 757/767 for a Major US Carrier. My airline career started at Mokulele Airlines in Hawaii, where I built experience flying Cessna Caravans to land my first Part 121 job flying Embraer 145s for Envoy Air. I hold an Airline Transport Pilot's Certificate along with a Certified Flight Instructor's Certificate (CFII). In addition, I graduated from the University of North Dakota's Aerospace College in 2018 and hold a PIC Type Rating for Cessna Citation Jets (CE-525).
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