Ep. 301 The Underdog Revolution at Spitfire Elite with Tron Williams

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Three hundred episodes. Wild. Absolutely wild. We made it here together—and it's all thanks to you, our Ready 4 Pushback family!

To mark this incredible milestone, Nik sits down with one of his closest friends and longtime collaborators—Tron Williams, CEO and co-founder of Spitfire Elite.

This isn't just another chat about résumés and interviews—this one goes deep. Nik and Tron unpack the origin story of Spitfire, how two Navy guys and a vision for helping underdogs turned into one of aviation's most respected professional-development communities. From humble beginnings in a closet studio to a global community of aviators pursuing their dream jobs, this episode celebrates what it means to build something bigger than yourself—and to lift others while you climb.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, pilot, welcome to Ready for Pushback. You found it. Episode number 300.
0:10.6	Wild. Absolutely wild. I cannot believe that we've made it this far together.
0:17.1	Thank you for being part of our family. This super cool so i brought on a special guest for
0:23.0	episode 300 is my buddy tron williams tron is the CEO and the founder the spitfire elite
0:30.3	interview consulting company and that's why we have this show spitfire elite me, me, the show, we're all the same.
0:38.2	We are all together.
0:40.2	And it is such a fun conversation about what we do at Spitfire.
0:46.1	We go a little bit deeper into the weeds about what we do at Spitfire.
0:50.0	And then we talk at the end about how you can be different and find where you want to really be.
0:59.1	I thought this was one of my favorite conversations, one of my favorite interviews I've ever done,
1:05.2	probably because he's one of my best pals.
1:07.4	And that's what's up.
1:09.2	So let's get into it.
1:10.3	All right.
1:10.7	So sit back, relax. Let's
1:13.2	get ready for pushback. It all started as a spark. Maybe it was the sound of jets racing across
1:21.7	the sky or the feeling of your heart racing as you watch Crop Duster flying low and slow.
1:29.3	Even then, you knew you were meant to fly.
1:33.3	For pilots, it's more than just a job. It's a calling.
1:38.3	The early mornings, the long hours, the relentless training, you didn't do it for the money.
1:43.3	You did it for that moment.
1:46.0	That moment when the wheels lift off and the earth falls away beneath you.
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