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Post Malone’s Private Pilot Encourages Charter Careers in Aviation

Thomas Remo goes from recreational flying to transporting world-class acts.

Thursday, October 02, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET

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Edited By: Steve Spears

Thomas Remo owns the YouTube channel ‘Gear Down,’ where he encourages new aviators to consider work as private pilots. [Courtesy: Thomas Remo]

Key Takeaways:

Thomas Remo forged a unique career by blending his music production background with a childhood passion for aviation, transitioning from owning a successful recording studio to becoming a high-altitude charter pilot for world-touring musicians like Post Malone.
He strategically leveraged opportunities, first by automating his music business to fund his flight training, then by using industry connections to become a charter broker and later gaining extensive experience as a pilot for government contractors.
A pivotal opportunity led him to fly for Post Malone, expanding his role to manage private jet operations for numerous celebrity clients, a success he attributes to personal connections.
Remo now uses his "Gear Down" YouTube channel and philanthropic efforts, including scholarships, to inspire the next generation of aviators by showcasing diverse, unconventional career paths in private aviation.

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Thomas Remo’s career trajectory is an unlikely fusion of two vastly different worlds—music production and high-altitude aviation.

The entrepreneur-turned-pilot and social media creator didn’t follow a traditional path to the flight deck of a Gulfstream charter jet. Instead, he built a bridge between a Southern California recording studio and the global travel demands of the artists who worked there.

Caleb Revill is a journalist, writer and lifelong learner working as a Junior Writer for Firecrown. When he isn't tackling breaking news, Caleb is on the lookout for fascinating feature stories.