Mark Hubinger: From the Ice Arena to the Flight Deck

Growing up in Tampa, Florida, Mark spent much of his childhood playing hockey and later worked in the hospitality industry. While aviation had always been in the back of his mind, it wasn’t until later that he decided to turn his interest into a career.

As a kid, he was “always amazed with aviation.” He fondly remembers building model airplanes with his dad and aspiring to become an airline pilot. “Any time we would go on vacations, I would always look up to the pilots and wish I could do the same thing someday,” he recalls.

Over time, that fascination never faded. He found himself constantly wishing he was flying and ultimately decided to pursue a path in aviation. After years on a different professional path, Mark needed a clear and structured way to turn his lifelong interest into a career.

For him, ATP offered exactly what he was looking for: a direct and efficient path toward a professional aviation career.

What began as a childhood fascination with airplanes became a clear path toward the flight deck, giving Mark the opportunity to pursue the career he had imagined since he was a kid.