From Military Maintainer to Airline Mechanic: Frontier’s New TMTP Pathway

by Landon Cheben | Oct 15, 2026 | Blog

By Landon Cheben  |  BreakTurn Podcast Recap The People Behind the Airplanes For years, military-to-airline transition conversations have centered on pilots. But airplanes do not get off the ground without the maintainers who inspect, troubleshoot, repair,...

Anywhere ATP: Building Smarter Transitions for Military Pilots and Mechanics

by Landon Cheben | May 11, 2026 | Blog

By Landon Cheben | BreakTurn Podcast Recap In this episode of the BreakTurn podcast, we sat down with Jon “Gumby” Miller and Loren “Ox” Bluhm, the founders of Anywhere ATP, to talk about one of the biggest challenges facing military aviators and maintainers today:...

Rumors, Logbooks, and the Circle of Control: Ready4Pushback Meets BreakTurn

by Landon Cheben | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized

By Landon Cheben | BreakTurn Podcast Recap Why This Episode Matters In this shorter BreakTurn episode, Landon sits down with Nik Fialka—host of Ready4Pushback and co-founder of Spitfire Elite—to talk about the one topic that can derail a transition faster than any...

Keeping the Airplanes Flying: Flex Air’s Veteran-First A&P and Pilot Pipeline

by Landon Cheben | Feb 19, 2026 | Blog

By Landon Cheben | BreakTurn Podcast Recap A Year of the A&M: Why BreakTurn Sat Down with Flex Air In this episode of the BreakTurn podcast, the focus stays right where aviation actually lives: maintenance. Landon sits down with Cameron Kenning and Eddie—two...

The Psychology of the Jump: Dan Cosson on Hiring Cycles, Interview Binders, and Switching Airlines

by Landon Cheben | Feb 19, 2026 | Blog

By Landon Cheben | BreakTurn Podcast Recap In this update episode of the BreakTurn podcast, I sat back down with Dan Cosson—one of the Night Stalkers who famously went from “rotor-only” to an Airbus A320 type rating in record time. When we last talked, Dan and Sam...