About The Pilot

I’m Jeff James- former CH-47 Chinook pilot, 21-year mortgage veteran, former car dealer sales and finance manager, VA claims veteran, cancer survivor, chronic pain journeyman, and 57-year old glutton for punishment who somehow thought two golden retrievers under the age of 4- Gibbs and Wally, was a good idea.

This is a hill I will die on- nobody should walk into a mortgage closing, a dealership, a VA Claims submission, or a pain clinic without a real preflight briefing.

That’s why this newsletter exists.

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