He Threw His Airline Uniform in the Trash | Steve Giordano | Ep. 370
Pilot to Pilot
September 22, 2026
Steve Giordano left a senior captain seat at Allegiant to build Nomadic Aviation Group, one of the most trusted ferry operations in the business.
Speakers Justin Siems, Steve Giordano
TopicsLeisure
Justin Siems (0:00)
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Aviation, what is going on? And welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast. My name is Justin Siems and I am your host. Currently out on a trip, flying has been a grind. And let me tell you, having a magazine and a podcast and flying full time, sometimes you got to get creative where you can record. So here we are in the hotel recording the intro to get it out for you guys as soon as possible. Today's episode is from Magazine Volume 3 with Steve Giordano with Nomadic Aviation Group, ferrying big metal. We talk about everything and anything ferrying big metal, what they do, what Bob and him do, and just how cool of a part of an industry it really is. So hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you do, please leave us a review on iTunes or Spotify. Follow us on Instagram. And of course, we just announced Volume 4 with the covers it'll look like. Go to Instagram, like that post, share it, buy it. Of course, if you haven't already, the magazine is unreal. And thank you so much for the support. Aviation, hope you're having a great day. Without any further ado, here's Steve from Nomadic Aviation Group. Steve, what's going on, man? Welcome, why, I keep saying this, or I'm like, welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast, but this is not the podcast. It is the magazine, which is crazy. This will be the third volume of the magazine. I mean, you know, when I started the podcast, I only, yeah, I mean, I reached out to you and you're like, yeah, do this too. I was like, sweet, let's go.
But it's crazy to think that there's even three of these because when I started the podcast, I was like, I'm going to do this podcast maybe for four months and I'd be like, all right, peace, I'm out. But people kept listening. My wife was right. Apparently she knew that I had some kind of talent to talk in a microphone, even though public speaking was one of my biggest fears. So here we are.
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