The Reality of Flying Private Jets: Insights from a Former Air Force Pilot.

Laura Schmutzer, a former Air Force pilot and now a private-jet pilot for Jet It, shares some surprising aspects of her job. She has downtime between flights to go for hikes or runs on the beach, and not all clients are VIPs or celebrities. Private-jet pilots can fly to multiple destinations in a single day, sometimes working up to 14 hours, and many of the destinations are in rural parts of the US. Schmutzer can be back home for dinner sometimes, and last-minute adventures between flights are possible.