Ep100: The Life of a Pilot: A Spouse’s Perspective with Anna Fialka

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Careers, Leisure, Business, Aviation

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Embark on a heartfelt journey as we explore how spouses gracefully navigate life while their pilot partners are away. Joining us in this episode is Anna Fialka, who shares her insights and personal advice on maintaining connections despite the distance from your significant other. Press play now to learn more!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

Challenges of working for regional airlines in aviation
Valuable tips for handling a relationship with a military or pilot spouse
Intrinsic value of supporting our significant other’s passions
Pros and cons of transitioning into an aviation career
Coping strategies for pilot couples managing missed events

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I want to know the hardest part of being a pilot.
0:07.0	I also want to know what is your favorite part.
0:11.0	Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.
0:17.0	They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details.
0:28.1	This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job.
0:35.1	Let's get ready for pushback.
0:37.2	Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.
0:40.8	Hey, Pilot, it's episode 100. 100. We did it. I can't believe I've done 100 episodes of this show.
0:52.7	I cannot believe that I've spoken
0:54.6	into this microphone a hundred times. I cannot believe that so many people listen to this show.
1:03.4	This year's been nuts. It's been so fun. I went from nothing, from just begging and pleading people to just return my emails to being inundated to where I can't even keep up.
1:17.4	And I've had so many serendipitous encounters with people who are on the journey, who are doing, you know, also like whether you're just starting out or you're at
1:30.8	your dream job. I've just so many people. The other day, I was at a hotel 4 a.m. bus time.
1:39.1	And I'm standing there in Orlando and a guy comes up to me and he says hey you're nick fialca and every time it happens
1:48.4	I love it and it's so nice and so generous and I said yes and he said I want you to go tell the
1:54.5	Spitfire team that they changed my life your show and the work that the coaches do changed everything for me and I was just
2:06.0	speechless and I just thankful and I we took a photo and I'm over the top thankful and I'm humbled
2:14.5	and here we are now at episode 100 and And this is a special show for me,
2:21.4	because it's, it's different. It's me and Anna. Anna is my wife. And we just sat down and had a conversation.
2:32.1	It's literally us talking. It is our after-dinner conversation. And I ask her
2:37.4	questions. We talk about what life is like. And hopefully what I want is for this show, this episode
2:44.0	here, to be helpful to your spouse, whether he's a guy or a girl or whatever. Like, I wanted to see
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