My friend Stan is an AMAZING experienced pilot and flight instructor! He owns a plane management company and his clients are all pretty much LOADED!
A few weeks ago, Stan and his wifey Michelle invited me & hubby to go on vacay with them to Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. All we needed to bring was a passport… as much clothes/stuff as we wanted cuz there’s no baggage limitations… and an AMEX card.
That’s it. I did nothing else. Stan & Michelle took care of everything.
Now – let me tell ya – I was SUPER excited to get on my first private jet.
Heck – I would’ve been happy if we just circled the Atlanta skyline. But we did so much more! You see…
… when we pulled up to the FBO – that’s “fixed-based operator” – which is like a terminal for private planes – our private jet was waiting for us. And then Stan said one of MANY phrases I never thought I’d hear in my lifetime.
Do you know what he said CopyStar? He said…
“Who wants to fly this plane?”
Before my heart could leap out of my chest – my hand shot up and I said, “ME!”
All ready to fly!
After a few minutes (or was it hours? I can’t remember. Time was standing still!) – Stan then said “Let’s take off!”
During my training period – I learned that you don’t use the steering wheel on the plane when you’re on the ground. Planes have a simple and funky pedal system where you can turn, go forward and stop the plane – all with your feet!
Did you notice I didn’t mention going backward? That’s because most planes don’t go in reverse! Who knew?
Then I learned about the instrument panels and how I need to fly the plane by looking at those gadgets and not just the horizon. (That came in handy when I actually flew in clouds and a rainstorm where I could not see ANYTHING around me!)
Next thing I know – I’m strapped into the seat in the cockpit (which is REALLY hard to get into if you have long legs like me!) And Stan is telling me to taxi to the runway so we can take off! My adrenaline levels were freakishly HIGH!
Stan told me he had confidence in me – and he had my back. Afterall – he loved his life too!
Now – once you take off – pedals on the floor mean nothing. Steering wheel takes over. And I pulled up on that baby and within seconds – we took off!
And I got sooo high! In fact – we were at 32,000 feet!
And it was sooo cool!
Yup – I’m really flying the plane!
But after a while – it didn’t seem like we were moving at all. That’s when Stan told me I had no point of reference to compare speed. Nothing was flying by. Nothing was moving – so that’s why it felt like we were at a standstill. But we were in fact flying at 440 mph!
Again – this was sooo cool!
I wanted to make sure Stan wasn’t tricking me and making me THINK I was flying the plane when he was the one in control. He assured me he wasn’t but I had to be sure.
So I made a few crazy right and left turns so I could be certain that I was the one controlling the plane. The 2 passengers on board (our spouses) yelled a few times at me for almost spilling their drinks. Then Stan eventually told me to stop because I was looking like a psycho driver (funny – I’ve heard that comment about me in cars!) So I know for a certainty I was the one flying this sucker!
Did I mention this was soooo cool?
Well I flew for the majority of the 2-hr flight. Nervous at times. Knuckles turning white from clutching the wheel too tight. But eventually I loosened up and just enjoyed the beauty of seeing the world from a different altitude and attitude. I’m not sure if I told you this CopyStar – but it was sooo cool!
After we landed – I heard the 2nd of the MANY phrases I never thought I’d hear in my lifetime. Stan was ready to park the plane. He started patting his pockets and said, “I can’t find the keys to the plane, do you have them?”
Did I have the keys to the plane? LOL!
Fortunately – we soon found the keys and went on to have an amazing vacay!
And guess what CopyStar?
Me and Stan!
I flew us back home! It was…. well you know what I’m going to say!
So what’s the copywriting lessons learned from my first experience as a pilot?
Nothing.
I mean, sure I could tie in the exhilarating feeling I had getting on that plane with the way you should excite your prospect with a compelling headline and front cover.
Sure – I could tie paying attention to the instructions about the instrument panel with digging up good research to make your sales copy credible.
Or I could even link how the take off and landing are similar to your lead and the close of your sales piece.
But I’m not doing any of that.
I just want to remind you that the copywriting life can offer you amazing opportunities to do things you never thought you would! It can give you the freedom to work from home while you raise your kids or take care of an elderly loved one.
It can give you expendable income to enjoy some really awesome adventures.
And it can give you a profession that can help people and companies to succeed.
Stan told me being a pilot is the best way to make a living. He only said that because he’s not a copywriter!
Yours for stellar results,
P.S.
If you’d like to experience a private jet experience or have someone manage your plane for you – send my friend Stan an email at stanzapilot@gmail.com – and he can help you make it happen! He’s really good at what he does!
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