Switching Careers Late in Life, Part 2

Sam Weigel flies with Dick Karl in his Cessna Citation CJ1 to talk about Karl's career switch to flying Part 135.
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Key Takeaways:

  • The article features FLYING columnist Dick Karl, detailing his significant career transition from a successful cancer surgeon to a Part 135 pilot.
  • Karl shares with Sam Weigel how he made this switch, finding a satisfying "second act" in aviation later in life.
  • This piece is a continuation of a previous article, further exploring Karl's journey from the operating theater to the flight deck.
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What’s it like to go from the operating theater to the flight deck? We share the rest of the story, which we started last week in “V1 Rotate: Making the Switch,” as we join FLYING columnist Dick Karl as he explains to Sam Weigel how he made the transition from success as a cancer surgeon to a satisfying second act as a Part 135 pilot.

Part 2 of Weigel’s interview with Dick Karl takes the pair to Karl’s patio in Tampa, Florida.

Sam Weigel

Sam Weigel has been an airplane nut since an early age, and when he's not flying the Boeing 737 for work, he enjoys going low and slow in vintage taildraggers. He and his wife live west of Seattle, where they are building an aviation homestead on a private 2,400-foot grass airstrip.

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