A CFI, a Creator, and a ForeFlight Marketer Walk Into a Studio
Most pilots wear one hat. Carly Chamerlik carlychamerlik.com wears three at once, and she does it well.
She’s an active CFI-I in Tennessee. She’s a content creator with a real following on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. And in her day job, she works in marketing at Jeppesen ForeFlight, one of the most widely used tools in your students’ flight bags.
On Friday, June 19, she’s joining Tim Jedrek on The Aviation Business Podcast for a conversation that flight school owners are going to want to hear.
Why This Conversation Matters for Flight School Owners
Carly’s story is the modern aviation career path in one person. She went from flight attendant to furloughed to CFI-I in 18 months. She built a personal brand from scratch with a camera and a clear voice. Now she sits inside one of aviation’s biggest software companies, watching how the industry is evolving from the inside.
For owners trying to grow a school in 2026, that’s a perspective you do not get every day.
We’re going to talk about how she built her audience, what flight schools can learn from creator-style content, and how she balances teaching, posting, and a full-time marketing role. We’ll also dig into her work at ForeFlight and how schools can get more out of the platform they’re already paying for.
What We’re Covering on the Episode
The conversation will move through three core threads.
Her path into aviation. From a furloughed flight attendant in 2020 to CFI-I in 18 months. What she did right, what she would do differently, and what the modern path to instructing actually looks like.
Building an audience as a pilot. How she turned a camera and a story into brand deals with Insta360, Tecovas, and Truly, plus a column at FLYING Magazine. The lessons here translate directly to flight schools trying to grow their own organic reach.
Inside ForeFlight. How schools can use the platform more strategically, what’s changing in the world of EFB software, and what her team is paying attention to.
How to Tune In
The episode records live on Friday, June 19 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM at our Riverside studio: https://riverside.fm/studio/podcast-40nqk
After the recording, the full episode will publish across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, with clips and highlights rolling out across our social channels in the days that follow.
If you run a flight school and you’ve been wondering how to think about content, creators, or your software stack, block the time. This one’s worth it.
Ready to Apply What You Hear?
Every episode of The Aviation Business Podcast is built to give flight school owners something they can actually use. If you want help putting these ideas to work inside your own school, that’s exactly what we do.
Book a strategy call with the RRM team and we’ll show you what’s working right now for schools like yours.