I can’t believe I spelled Newark incorrectly. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Hey Paul, Fellow airline pilot here. I just wanted to comment on how I appreciate the quality of your videos. From the very clear and coherent idea and writing, to the execution of filming, sound capturing and editing, with an animation here and there. Absolutely fantastic end result, delivering a perfect amount of adventure, aviation, destinations, family, information about the job, and a wholesome message to wrap everything together. Fantastic job. I never tend to be such a 'backseat rider' and comment like this, but you should know how much your fine work is appreciate it. And regarding almost giving up KZfaq, there is something to be said about your clear methodology, debrief, set goals, make a plan and execute, that MADE you develop your craft of making absolutely beautiful videos over time. Maybe it started at that very point, when you made that video two years ago as if it would be your last, and I'm very happy that it wasn't because I enjoy your well delivered content very much. Something about the clarity of your message truly resonates. Well done man, really - Bravo. Blue skies and easy commutes!

Wow! A collaboration with BIG ERN. I am a subscriber of both KZfaq channels!

"Someone is dreaming of being where you are right now." That is a great reminder. It isn't always about the destination, but about the journey. And yes, I sure wish I could have one more day with my dad, sitting along the airport fence watching those airplanes.

I am so glad you didnt give up on this channel. I really enjoy living vicariously through you and seeing the world. Im from Jersey and hope to have you as my pilot one day so I can say Thank You! Keep the videos coming. I look forward to your next adventure.

Wow Paul...I watch all of your videos because I like the content you give and I am a loyal 1K United flyer. This video, however, was different. As I watched the last part of the video about the grass strip I thought about my dad, though long gone, made a huge impact in my life. You brought a happy tear to my eye, and for that I am grateful. I love your honesty and even your vulnerability that you show in your videos. I hope to see you on a flight some day and shake your hand. Create the memories that your kids will have of you when you are long gone. Peace brother!

I've only ever left 2 comments over the many years I've used KZfaq, and you deserve one more. This was a motivating video as I have, for over a year, wanted to get into aviation. I still have a long ways to go before becoming an Air Traffic Controller or Pilot but the way you have balanced your life with family, work, and adventures on your own is truly amazing.

Wow what a TREAT!!!....I literally shouted BIG ERN when I saw him!!!! What a treat two of my favorite KZfaq Airline pilots together. I didn't know he had a podcast. I'm new to your channel as of 2023 and I'm still catching up with your old stuff....You said PHO. So that will be the video I watch next! Thanks for everything you do and sharing with us Captain. Your editing and production is next level!!!! Edit wow. "Most people quit right before a breakthrough!" I needed to hear that.....

Wow…you got to meet up with Big Ern. Two of my favorite Aviation KZfaqrs. What a surprise and treat this was to watch and I’m sure it was for you two as well.

May the Lord continue to keep you safe as a pilot as you traverse the skies this year 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹✈️✈️✈️🙏🙏🙏

Thanks for a great video Paul. Love hearing about your adventures, travel and experiences. Had a big smile on my face throughout your adventures on this one. Thanks for being the friendly face of travel and airline travelogues.

I for one, am glad that you stuck with it. Thank You for sharing your journey and your adventures!

Great video and life encouragement. The beautiful landscapes are a bonus. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

I LOVE aLL your videos; always want MORE!! The family Vietnam vlog was great. That train!! It's evident you put a lot of work in your videos and they are all so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing the adventure!!

Paul, with the content you produce, your channel will continue to grow. Best of luck to you. Great seeing Big Ern with you too. Safe travels👍🛩✈️

Congrats on 100k! Thank you Paul for putting out great content, I look forward to every video.

The production quality, voiceover and small meaningful touches make your videos an absolute joy to watch. This is a very dynamic, demanding but rewarding career. Without a doubt the best part is seeing/hearing all the stories along the way. Glad to have stumbled upon your videos when u first started and can’t wait to see what else you produce Paul. 🙏🏾

Thanks for keeping going, love watching the videos, especially as I work through my own aviation journey! Love the content, both professional and personal. Cheers and fair winds.

Really enjoy your videos !!! Thank you for continuing posting great adventure !! I found your channel a couples of month ago, and watch your entire library !!! Thank again for sharing your love about aviation/travel/adventure !!

@mylayoverlife. Great video! Looking forward to what is to come for you and your channel in 2024. I've been pursuing a talent acquisition career with United, utilizing my military experience for over a year now. Unfortunately, the timing and openings haven't lined up. But let me say... the last 10-15 seconds of your video really got to me. You are spot on. Sometimes, we have to take a step back and realize how far we've come. I think I've always tried to pursue the "what's next?" without appreciating where I am now. Thank you for reminding me to be present in the moment. Blue skies and tailwinds to you and your family throughout 2024!

Beautiful LA hike out to the cliffs! Thanks for sharing your journey & I’ve been a subscriber for most of your Utube career. I enjoy all your content.

I follow big earn too. Glad to see you guys flying together. Love both your channels. Awesome. It’s great to see pilots connecting and having fun.💯💯💯

Paul! Both my sons and I absolutely love your vids! Keep up the great content! My oldest son just got accepted into American Airlines cadet program and starts May 3rd! United’s Aviate program was too full. He looks up to you and your vids! It helped exacerbate his love of aviation, and desire to be a pilot!

You are so Right! I love your videos & how you share the behind the scenes of just what it looks like when you follow your heart. Only few get to live such a fulfilling life, thank you for showing me how to tell my stories to my family about my travel adventures... I also do what I love & will never feel like I'm just at work. Blessed to have traveled as much as I have, not quite as much as you, but yea, this country, continent & world around us is beautiful and everytime I'm boarding a United flight I always wish to cross paths & tell you in person. Safe travels! Keep sharing videos with us, they are beautiful. Thank you.

If you’re coming to Scotland, you must come to Aberdeen/Dyce. Not only is it an International Airport, it’s the world’s busiest heliport.handling over 500,000 helicopter passengers alone (and Aberdeen is a nice city to visit), especially when its sunny when the granite buildings just sparkle.

Love the stats and your new hair. Two thumbs up.

Bro, I love this channel and BigErns. What I like most is the authenticity and just the chill nature of how you all bring others into a world that most will never see. That being said I’m one of the older guys and starting at AA hopefully in June after a near 30 year aviation career that spanned the military and some work for the “G”. I love talking aviation to these I interact with and look forward to being able to spread that same knowledge and joy that you guys seem to bring with those you have to opportunity to interact with. Keep doing what you do and maybe I’ll see you slinging a bag one day.

Please stay encouraged! I admire your whole life and career. I've always wanted to be an airline pilot from since I could remember but lost focus over the years. However, I'm glad I found a renewed focus on it, and it's people like you and Big Ern who keep me motivated. I've followed a few others, and unfortunately, due to whatever circumstances they no longer post, which is disappointing. So please continue to post videos. Also wanted to add that I'm following you all the way from The Bahamas 🇧🇸 🎉

What a great video ... Yourself and Big Ern - Two top quality Geezers .... Great to see ...

Great vlog . Really enjoy your perspecitve. Thank you for taking the time to put it all together!!

I love that I stumbled on your channel last year. I love you videos, your enthusiasm for travel, desire to learn more and show us the places we can go and the person we could be. I am so glad you stuck at it and I always look forward to your updates as and when you release them. In the US, as a pilot, who picks up your accomodation costs when you're commuting or is that a lifestyle choice and you cover that yourself?

Wow Paul.... such cool words about perspectives of flying... Thanks for sharing!

Glad you didn't quit KZfaq! We ❤your channel!!! Thanks for all that you do!

I love both you and Ernie. I’ve been waiting for this collab for a long time and I’m glad it happened. I’m so looking forward to that podcast. Your videos are always so inspiring and I always get excited when I see you putting out a new video. Thank you so much. I want to be a United pilot in the near future and, when times get tough, your videos inspire me to keep going. Thank you and hope to meet you in the future, maybe, as my captain and your FO.

At UND right now. Just had another launch cancel this morning and haven't flown in weeks. This video upload is perfect timing: keeps me going. Love the collaboration between KZfaq's finest avit channels.

Great video. I hope that 2024 will be a great year for you and your family. ✈️🍀

Really enjoy flying along with. We traveled a lot and had some great times. Best wishes.

Aww!! Love that you and Big Ern hooked up for a flight and video!

Great video!! Small world with the crossover with BigErn! Winter weather has been rough, thanks for some inspiration to make it to spring. Catch ya in the flight levels this summer!

As soon as I saw the green airplane I thought "is that Big Ern?" "It IS Big Ern!!" So glad to see two of my favorite KZfaqrs collaborating.

Last year, I discovered both of you on KZfaq. I plateaued in my career as a first responder. YOU TWO gave me the courage and inspiration to make the jump to becoming an airline pilot. Keep up the great work!

Great video as always Paul, nice to see you and Big Ern together! Hopefully, I'll end up in your (and his!) jumpseat one day. Fly safe!!

I'm glad to see you doing well and still making good videos. Keep it going and never quit, we're right behind you.. take care..!!

Great video as always. Keep them coming and have a great 2024. All the best to you and your family.

I love the collab with Big Ern! Awesome channels great content! Hopefully bump into you guys at work at some point around the system.

Absolutely phenomenal work!! I love watching your videos but this one was extremely well done! Congrats on a wonderful 2023 may 2024 be even bigger and better! Thank you for the fantastic work!

Paul, loved the recap of the last year. It might not have got so many views but I loved the Vietnam video. I was in Hanoi last month and had such an awesome time, the food scene there is amazing. Thanks for continuing to post these videos, when you fly a lot its always fascinating to get insights into the life of crew 👍

Two of my three favorite pilots !!! Third one is 74 Gear, also a captain. What a treat to see you both on a video. Made my whole day. Thank you

Outstanding then full steam ahead and visions for 2024 and hats off to Ern.. Safe travels Paul✈️

I am glad you decided to to continue despite some early frustration. I enjoy your videos. I really like your family trips. Reminds me when we traveled with our kids when they were young.

Doooooood! Thank you for You! My wife (LAX based) is still keeping and eye out that you'll be the Capt on one of her flights. But she's not doing much LAX-EWR now that she can hold Hawaii lines. We know exactly how it is to do family travel spur of the moment as we have done so a few times ourselves. Keep doing what your doing! Take care!

Always enjoy your chill vibes. Thanks for keeping it up past that spot of quitting. Always good to see Big Earn too lol. I’m retiring from AF this year after 20 and working hard to be sure my interview w United later this month is fruitful! Thanks again for the videos, they’ve been helpful to see a day in the life for me and my wife.

Hi Paul, Both my wife and I have been retired for over 12 years and we really enjoy your videos. She was a FA with Continental Airlines and me a FAA approach controller at IAH. You much deserve more than a million followers. Laurie Painter & Clint Matheny

Love your videos. Hopefully you put more out in 2024! Off to a good start!

Don’t ever give up on filming videos Paul! You’ve been a great inspiration to me! After watching your videos, I enrolled in flight school in Phoenix, Arizona in September. You are a big part of my inspiration to become an airline pilot in a couple years. I doubt you’ll see this comment but if you’re ever in the Phoenix area, I would love to connect and have some great conversation sometime.

Great stuff, Paul! Can't wait for the 2024 content! Enjoyed the collab with big Ern!

Another great video! Awesome to see you with BigErn - another great content creator for aviation!

I’m love your content! Big Ern is going to get some numbers!! Fly safe🙂

Wow!!!! What a surprise to see Big Ern! I'm a fan of his also. Great video!

Great video! Love your joy and passion for travel

Thank you for the video, and especially for the segment with Big Ern! I knew it was him the moment I saw the Green Hornet. Best of luck in 2024 and the following years...

Can I just say that this video is so incredibly moving, fun, funny, informative and entertaining. You have a wonderful gift as a film-maker. Thank goodness you didn’t give up when success seemed elusive - and what an inspiration you are to anyone with a dream that feels just out of reach. Wishing you continued success in all you do. Greetings from London, by the way. Good to have you as our guest from time to time!

As one of those dreaming pilots in a small plane with that same dream of being in one of those bigger planes, I too had that same dream as a little kid to be where I am now. Hello from St. Paul and I love your videos. They're like a beacon on those tough not so VFR days in training. Cheers! Hope to meet on the ground or in the sky.

Man, between the quote ‘most people quit right before a breakthrough’, and the message right at the end about remembering that you’re living somebody’s dream right now, so much to take away from this video! As a student who’s working on my PPL and experiencing a lot of the ups and downs of training… so much to take away from this and to remember! Appreciate the videos as always Paul!

Big ERN!!! both your channels are my favorite!!! Super awesome collab 💪🏼

We missed you Paul. I love the fact that you bring us along on your adventures. Thank you and God bless.

Great video! I subscribe to Big Ern and I work next to the Deer Valley Airport. Glad that you enjoyed your time in the Valley and took the flight to Sedona. Stay safe and thanks for posting such great content!

Paul, thank you so so much for all you do. I am 16 and an aspiring pilot studying at three schools currently(dual enrollment classes😅). Watching your videos makes me remember the goal ahead, and that the hard work will pay off in the end. You keep me motivated, so I want to thank you for that. I know it’s a big job producing videos for KZfaq, but you persevere through it and produce some really great content! Thank you for all you do, cheers to 2024!🎉

Paul, your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks for sharing your journey.

Awesome vid, looking good with the new ‘do! So cool to see a collab with Big Ern

Love your videos Paul. I used to fly to Edinburgh from Newark 7 - 10 times a year for a while, now more likely to see me in my new home Las Vegas. Got to know many pills and crew but unfortunately never got to meet you. Hopefully, next time I go, you'll be on the flight deck. Thanks for the great content.

Fantastic vlog! And your family video of Vietnam was a favourite of mine. Love your family!

Thanks, Paul. I also follow Ernie. You guys are great. I enjoy everything you post.

Just such fun to watch videos. Many Thanks for keeping at it.

Watching your videos gets me so excited for the future! Just passed my commercial multi today, I’ll be there in no time. Love the videos!

My husband and I are so blessed to have found your channel a couple of years ago! We always let out a little squeal when we see a new video uploaded. You fuel our love of travel and ease my fear of flying! We too would LOVE more than 9 videos in 2024! One question… what was the one video that was the turning point that you spoke about in your KZfaq endeavors? Blessings Paul! Thanks for the joy your family brings to ours!

I think of all the videos I've ever watched from pilot channels on youtube, this one really made me emotional. I'm a Southwestern cowboy at heart, living in the northeast. New Mexico is my hometown, but my heart belongs in those 4 corners. I'm at 1400 TT and so close to my ATP mins, in the cadet program of a regional airline here in the northeast. I could cry i'm so ready to be flying for the airlines, so hopefully within the next few months, hopefully hiring doesn't close up. I dream of being able to move back to the southwest and fly around Arizona, Colorado, etc. I really appreciated this video. Incredible and a taste into what i can look forward to...

Very inspirational messages throughout this video. Can see the quality improve with each video I watch from you. I look forward to your trips as well just so I can watch them through a screen. Keep it going, and thank you.

Great video. Also very inspiring. We're all looking forward to the new adventures this year will bring to you and your family 😊

Like the hair! Hey Big Ern! I watch him all the time. I wish you would make more videos. I love your content, philosophy and pro-level drone shots. Keep up the good work!

Great video as always. That story about the little boy and his father and the end of someone dreaming of being where we are right now really helped to put things into perspective. I really needed to hear that right now. Thank you.

Your videos just keep getting better and better. Awesome analogy at the end. I’m nearing 50 and about to solo for my PPL but I am often looking at those guys in the flight levels and looking forward to the day. Goal is CPL. Big Ern has a great channel and content as well. Great to see you guys together. Hopefully we’ll cross paths someday. If not, thank you for sharing your adventures especially those of still dreaming of earning our wings.

Let me just get a little tear at the end of the video there. Great ending and realizing the people who you wish were with us, were still with us even as we keep dreaming. They would be so proud of the dreams we are fulfilling. Stay safe and keep flying!

This video made me so happy. I'm in flight training out of Scottsdale airport, and you're a huge reason why I'm doing it. So cool to see you fly in and out of Deer Valley. I did my first solo cross country to Cottonwood which is right by Sedona.

Fricken love this guy man. As a young pilot you’re such a great role model for how to balance all the areas of life and how to smile through the pain. Thank you

YAY Arizona! Happy new year, hope 2024 is amazing for you!🛩

This was absolutely a cool video, and it was great to see You and Big Ern link up. Both you guys have great vid content. When I used to live in LA, Crystal Cove and the beaches near San Pedro hill were my favorite spots

Simply - thank you, I love your videos, always great filming and just good content - love watching from Australia.

Love your vids. One of my favorite channels on KZfaq!

Best video so far Paul that last bit brought tears to my eyes. Keep going brother great job!

Have loved watching you over 2023 - your adventures were a reasonably major influence in me getting back into airline instead of medivac. Need to bid for an Auckland NZ trip!!! Will look after you down here for a few days :)

My PPL checkride is this upcoming Thursday your channel was one of the reasons I left my teaching job and pursued aviation. Thank you for what you said about pushing through because a breakthrough is coming. I certainly feel that as I am beyond stressed, nervous and anxious about my checkride. Thank you again for the inspiration!

Can not wait to see y’all in Australia 🇦🇺. Love the Colab with Big Ern 👍👍👍👍👍 love the channel

Great video I really enjoyed this one,and the flying up to Sedona was amazing loved the scenery so much.

Dude, your editing is awesome! U inspired me to start flight training. Great channel 🎉

I love seeing the connections that aviation creates. I have been following Ernie for about a year or two and you for slightly less than that time. I've always been wondering when ya'll would meet each other. As a student pilot, I just enjoy all of the quality content that you provide Paul. Really inspirational.

Paul, what a very profound episode but what I can’t believe is that you only published 8 videos last year. I love your content fella, so please keep those videos coming. I follow Erny’s KZfaq channel as well and he’s like you - an aviator with a love (and passion) for travel. You said something in this episode that made me stop and think! I have reached a point in my own KZfaq channel, where I’m stuck at just under 1,000 subscribers, and I came into 2024 ready to give up. People don’t realise how much effort it is to take the GoPro with you everywhere, never mind the hours, and hours,,,,, and hours editing when you get home. I’ve therefore decided to continue into 2024 and just published my first two episodes from a recent trip to Phoenix (all KZfaqrs seam to be in Phoenix in January). I’m planning “Our Big Pacific Adventure,” For the summer 2024, four weeks in Northern California and then Hawaii; and I want to recreate that hike you did on the Big Island to watch the sunrise. Your videos inspire Paul, and while I can never be a real airline pilot, I can dream, but most importantly I am lucky that Fiona and I do have the means to travel and enjoy what this beautiful blue planet has to offer. If you do make it to Scotland this year, please come to Glasgow and say hello. Your friends in Edinburgh will understand what I say when I say; “Glasgow is miles Better.” Take care my friend, and please keep those videos coming and most importantly: keep liv’n Your dream whatever it is. Graeme the Irishman in Scotland.

I’m almost done with IFR and I love watching your videos and imagining myself there. Keep making them they’re amazing!

Million miler here and I feel you. Travel in the winter can be a real journey. Patient is key. Safe travels.

Great recap and preview! I have some UA 757 flights on the books in April. Time to bid that SFO-KOA block!