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Ready 4 Pushback

Ep. 295 The Career-Saving Skill of Not Interrupting

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8716 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode, Nik unpacks why interrupting kills momentum, damages first impressions, and can quietly cost you opportunities--especially at conventions, hiring fairs, and on the flight deck. With fresh stories from the road, he turns everyday "oops" moments into a playbook for professional poise. Watch for the surprise guest about halfway through!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, pilot, welcome back to Ready for Pushback. It's Nick Fialca. Today's a great day for a solo show, so let's talk about interrupting.

0:11.0

It all started as a spark. Maybe it was the sound of jets racing across the sky.

0:19.0

Or the feeling of your heart racing as you watch Crop Duster flying low and slow.

0:24.6

Even then, you knew you were meant to fly.

0:28.6

For pilots, it's more than just a job.

0:31.6

It's a calling.

0:33.6

The early mornings, the long hours, the relentless training, you didn't do it for the money.

0:40.3

You did it for that moment.

0:42.3

That moment when the wheels lift off and the earth falls away beneath you.

0:46.3

But flying is just the beginning.

0:48.3

The journey to your dream job takes more than just skill in the sky.

0:52.3

It takes strategy on the ground and a lifetime of learning.

0:57.0

Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.

1:03.0

Learn how to go from good to great, from flight school to regional to major, and from hopeful to hired. Whether you're sharpening your skills,

1:13.0

building your resume, or preparing for that big interview, this is where pilots come to level up.

1:19.0

Let's get ready for pushback. Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.

1:25.0

So let's talk about interrupting. What is interrupting? Well, interrupting might be like my kid that just came in the room and opened the door to the studio. And Bernadette looks at me and says, hey, pop, check out this art that I just drew. And she didn't even know that she was interrupting. She didn't know that I was, I was recording,

1:47.0

but maybe you just saw it flash right there and go back. Little Bernadette, she's a sweetie,

1:52.3

and you know, you got to do what you got to do. But she was interrupting, and it was absolutely

1:57.3

beautiful and cute and all the things. And she just wants positive affirmation.

2:02.7

She just wants somebody to look at her and tell her that she's great.

2:06.8

That way she feels loved.

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