Ep. 296 Building The Pilot Network with Adam Uhan: Connection, Community and TPNx 2026

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Nik welcomes back Adam Uhan, President and CEO of The Pilot Network (TPN), for an inside look at what's ahead for pilots in 2026 and beyond. Adam shares exciting updates about the next TPNx Conference, which is moving to Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW), and reveals a brand-new pilot-focused app: TPN Go — a smart networking tool that helps aviators connect on layovers and stay linked to their flying community wherever they land.

This conversation dives deep into what makes TPNx unique: a casual, family-friendly, no-suits-required conference that connects pilots at every stage — from newly licensed flyers to senior captains. Adam and Nik unpack how mentorship, connection, and integrity continue to define the aviation community and how TPN is creating new ways for pilots to grow together.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, pilot, welcome to Ready for Pushback. I'm Nick Fialca. Today's guest is a return guest,
0:08.9	a gentleman named Adam Yuhon. And if you know about the Pilot Network Expo, TPNX, he is the
0:17.0	president, the CEO of the Pilot Network. And this was a great conversation today because we did talk a lot about the upcoming
0:25.4	Expo, which is in May.
0:26.8	I know we're in November and it's super early.
0:29.0	But at the end of the conversation, he dives down on a new app that he is getting ready
0:36.6	to release.
0:37.3	And he gave all of the listeners here opportunity
0:40.9	to get into the beta test version of this. It's called TPN Go. So you can go ahead and start
0:46.4	looking that up on your phone. That's all I'm going to really say about it. Pretty cool little
0:50.6	app. And he surprised me. I was not expecting that we were going to have this conversation
0:55.2	talking about some new app, but he's always full of surprises and that's super cool. That's probably
1:01.1	it. It's a great episode. It's a great interview and I hope you enjoy it. So sit back, relax. Let's get
1:07.8	ready for pushback. It all started as a spark.
1:14.1	Maybe it was the sound of jets racing across the sky.
1:18.1	Or the feeling of your heart racing as you watch CropDuster flying low and slow.
1:24.5	Even then, you knew you were meant to fly.
1:28.3	For pilots, it's more than just a job. It's a calling.
1:33.3	The early mornings, the long hours, the relentless training, you didn't do it for the money.
1:39.3	You did it for that moment. That moment when the wheels lift off and the earth falls away beneath you.
1:45.0	But flying is just the beginning.
1:47.0	The journey to your dream job takes more than just skill in the sky.
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