{"id":1533,"date":"2022-05-24T18:25:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T23:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:00:33","slug":"meet-skyborne-trainee-jaclyn-kordus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/news-events\/meet-skyborne-trainee-jaclyn-kordus\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Skyborne trainee Jaclyn Kordus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Name:<\/strong> Jaclyn Kordus<\/p>

Age:<\/strong> 23<\/p>

Originally from:<\/strong> Southeastern Wisconsin<\/p>

Skyborne Course: <\/strong>Professional Pilot Pathway \u2013 Self Sponsored<\/p>

Stage:<\/strong> Commercial Phase 2\/Instrument Rating<\/p>


A bit about me:<\/strong><\/p>

\u201cI graduated college from Xavier University in 2021 with a double major in Computer Science and Human Centered Design with a minor in Business.<\/p>

I thought about becoming a pilot when I was a teenager in high school but decided to go the traditional route and get a college degree. When I was a senior in college, I realized my heart wasn\u2019t in computer science, so I took my first discovery flight and loved it. After completing my degree, I made the switch to aviation and came to Skyborne that very summer.<\/p>

I originally applied to Skyborne when it was known as Flight Safety Academy. Once I had heard about Skyborne, I did some research. What impressed me most was Skyborne\u2019s drive to be the best flight school, and how they actively take steps to achieve it. Since I joined they have invested in new flight simulators and completely renovated the admin building here on campus. Plus for fun, I love doing outdoor activities like going to the beach and kayaking, and all of those things are within easy reach of Vero Beach which is an added bonus!<\/p>

The best thing about being at Skyborne is the community that work and study here. My fellow cadets and I have always helped, encouraged and pushed each other to be the best we can be. The staff always greet me with a smile and are extremely accessible to provide any accommodations I could need. I am yet to find a flight instructor that didn\u2019t truly care about my success.<\/p>

After graduation I hope to become a flight instructor at Skyborne and then move on to start my career in the airlines.<\/p>

If I could give one piece of advice to anyone wanting to join a course at Skyborne it would be to join as soon as possible, make connections, and enjoy your training along the way.\u201d<\/p>

John Pinero, Flight Instructor at Skyborne<\/strong> had this to say about Jaclyn:<\/p>

\u201cAfter performing well in her check ride, Jaclyn has gone into the commercial phases of her training and is flourishing! Completing stage 1 commercial, she has now started commercial stage 2\/ instrument training. The whole team at Skyborne wish her well with the rest of her training and look forward to supporting her developing career.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Jaclyn Kordus Age: 23 Originally from: Southeastern Wisconsin Skyborne Course: Professional Pilot Pathway \u2013 Self Sponsored Stage: Commercial Phase 2\/Instrument Rating A bit about me: \u201cI graduated college from Xavier University in 2021 with a double major in Computer Science and Human Centered Design with a minor in Business. I thought about becoming a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crosspost_to_3":false,"_crosspost_to_4":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"skyborne_type":[29],"skyborne_region":[14],"class_list":["post-1533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pilot-pathways","skyborne_type-hear-from-our-students","skyborne_region-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1533"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_type?post=1533"},{"taxonomy":"skyborne_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skyborne.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skyborne_region?post=1533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}