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are talking about. I didn’t plan to actively instruct, and I don’t really, but I did get the CFI and CFII ratings. Eventually, I also got the ATP distinc- tion. My instructor always bugged me to go back and get my MEI, just for academic purposes,” Holland added with reflective curiosity.
“But there is a thing when you are training and your mind is engaged, you can feel yourself getting better. There is just something about that and why I totally agree with it when they say, ‘You should always be trying to do something new in the cockpit.’ Get a glider rating or do something new every year. That sort of thing is really a great idea, I think. I do upset recovery training, for example. I also go to sim training. Once a year for recurrent is good, but I like the idea of getting out there twice a year, so I signed up for the unlimited option. When I go for recurrent training, it’s very regimented, and when I go back six months later, we spend two or
three days trying different things. That’s a different kind of learning.”
While Holland prefers to f ly his own jet alone, he notes that it’s helpful to routinely f ly with others. Addition- ally, he frequently enlists the support of another pilot when on the road.
“I am single pilot rated [in the 525-series] and love flying single pi- lot. It’s one of my favorite things to do, but I also fly with another pilot frequently. Especially anytime I do anything band-related, I always have someone else with me in the cock- pit. They have responsibility for the plane, and I’m just along to have fun when it’s for a work situation.”
Speaking of work, The Offspring recently completed a 24-city domestic tour celebrating their tenth studio album – Let the Bad Times Roll.
“The majority of my f lying recently has been for the band. That typical mission may be three or four hundred miles, maybe a little less. You stage a tour not by the legs of the plane but
by the bus. It has to get from Phoe- nix to Albuquerque, or whatever, in order to make it for the next night’s show. So, the stage lengths are kind of limited by how far you can drive a bus at night. It makes the flights really manageable. As you know, an eight-hour drive is a one-hour flight, pretty much. We will typically have five onboard, with a lot of night fly- ing. The CJ1 is just a great platform for that kind of mission.”
Grant Boyd is a private pilot with eight years of experience in aviation business, including marketing, writ- ing, customer service, and sales. Boyd holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s of Business Administration degree, both from Wichita State University, and a Doctor of Education degree from Okla- homa State University. He was chosen as a NBAA Business Aviation “Top 40 Under 40” award recipient in 2020.
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