Ep. 316 How to Crush 2026 Webinar
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
5.0 • 797 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of R4P, Nik teams up with Jaron Roux of Spitfire Consulting for a candid conversation on how to land your dream flying job in 2026. Together they break down the importance of early preparation, maintaining organized logbooks, and presenting a polished, professional image on interview day. Drawing on fresh insights from the American Airlines hiring team, Nik and Jaron share actionable strategies that today's pilot candidates need to know. Hear real success stories along with practical steps to stand out in an increasingly competitive job market. Your roadmap to making 2026 your breakthrough year starts here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, pilot, welcome to Ready for Pushback. It's a solo show. However, it is not. Today is a little different, a little bit special for you guys. If you follow my LinkedIn or any of my socials, you'll see all my posts about the things that we do at Spitfire and the |
| 0:22.9 | webinars that we often do. Well, this past week, Yaron Roo and I sat down and we had a great |
| 0:30.8 | conversation about how to crush 2026. It was a live episode and we talked back and forth. We answered questions from the |
| 0:41.0 | audience. We had hundreds of people join us. It was super duper fun. So if you haven't already, |
| 0:45.9 | you should go ahead and sign up for our Spitfire newsletter. It comes out weekly. You can |
| 0:50.2 | follow me on LinkedIn. I post all of our things on there that we're doing. We are doing lots of these webinars with lots of coaches and me and you're Ron. |
| 1:00.6 | And you never know who's going to pop in. |
| 1:03.0 | Sometimes we have special guests. |
| 1:05.0 | And this is a great conversation that we had. |
| 1:08.8 | I hope you really, really enjoy it. |
| 1:11.3 | And this is today's solo show. |
| 1:14.0 | Sit back, relax. |
| 1:15.7 | Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 1:18.2 | It all started as a spark. |
| 1:22.0 | Maybe it was the sound of jets racing across the sky. |
| 1:26.1 | Or the feeling of your heart racing as you watch Crop Duster flying low and slow. |
| 1:32.3 | Even then, you knew you were meant to fly. |
| 1:36.3 | For pilots, it's more than just a job. |
| 1:39.0 | It's a calling. |
| 1:40.8 | The early mornings, the long hours, the relentless training, you didn't do it for the money. |
| 1:47.0 | You did it for that moment. That moment when the wheels lift off and the earth falls away |
| 1:52.0 | beneath you. But flying is just the beginning. The journey to your dream job takes more |
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