Ep 346 After Spirit: A Pilot's Playbook for What's Next Webinar
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
5.0 • 797 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
In place of this week's solo episode, Nik is joined by Jaron Roux and Haley Ageton of Spitfire Elite Consulting on a recent webinar focused on helping former Spirit pilots navigate their next career move. Spitfire's core message is simple: Spirit pilots are highly qualified and competitive, but hiring teams want to understand who you truly are beyond your résumé.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, pilot, welcome to Ready for Pushback. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Nick Fialca and today's conversation is a little bit different. |
| 0:10.0 | It is typically solo show Thursday. |
| 0:12.0 | We shall return next week with regular solo shows. |
| 0:15.0 | But as you know on this past Saturday Saturday, Spirit Airlines ceased operations. |
| 0:22.5 | And so our team at Spitfire has been really, really busy working with hundreds and hundreds of |
| 0:28.5 | spirit pilots trying to help them get a game plan together for the next phase of their |
| 0:35.4 | professional career. And because of that, yesterday, we hosted a |
| 0:41.3 | live webinar just for Spirit Pilots. And today, I'm going to post that on YouTube. So that's what |
| 0:48.3 | today is, is our live webinar to help the Spirit Pilots. So if you know somebody who flew for Spirit and is trying to |
| 0:56.6 | figure out where to go from here, this is a great resource. So please do share that with them. So let's |
| 1:02.4 | get to it. Sit back. Relax. Let's get ready for pushback. It all started as a spark. Maybe it was the sound of jets racing across the sky. |
| 1:13.6 | Or the feeling of your heart racing as you watch CropDuster flying low and slow. |
| 1:19.6 | Even then, you knew you were meant to fly. |
| 1:23.6 | For pilots, it's more than just a job. It's a calling. |
| 1:28.3 | The early mornings, the long hours, the relentless training, you didn't do it for the money. |
| 1:34.3 | You did it for that moment. That moment when the wheels lift off and the earth falls away beneath you. |
| 1:41.3 | But flying is just the beginning. The journey to your dream job takes more |
| 1:45.5 | than just skill in the sky. It takes strategy on the ground and a lifetime of learning. |
| 1:51.0 | Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. |
| 1:58.0 | Learn how to go from good to great, from flight school to regional to major, |
| 2:03.4 | and from hopeful to hired. |
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