Ep110: Insights From the #1 Pilot Consulting Team: Year in Review - Spitfire Elite Part 2
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to part two of our Spitfire Elite exploration with aviation leaders Bill Sims and Tron Williams. Building on our previous episode, we delve deeper into the transformative journey Spitfire offers aspiring pilots. Dive in and get ready to meet the challenges of the competitive airline industry head-on!
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
- The value of having a supportive spouse as a pilot
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An expert analysis of how various airlines hire pilots
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Realities of the competitive pilot hiring landscape in 2024
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ABOUT BILL SIMS AND TRON WILLIAMS
Bill is the COO and co-founder of Spitfire Elite Consulting. He is also a team leader, pilot, and entrepreneur passionately dedicated to assisting others on their journey. Bill has several years of experience teaching and interviewing at live seminars, virtual webinars, and one-on-one environments. He has individually helped thousands of job seekers land their dream jobs. In addition, he has trained dozens of others to teach the art of interviewing. Bill has a genuine passion for helping people succeed in anything they do.
Tron is the CEO and also cofounded Spitfire Elite Consulting. Tron is one of the youngest widebody aircraft captains at a major carrier. Tron is a consummate teacher and trainer, having amassed over 2000 hours as a senior instructor pilot on the Boeing 737 and flown more than 70 international overwater flights. As an instructor, he also provided situation-based interview (SBI) and line-oriented interview (LOI) training since 2006.
CONNECT WITH BILL AND TRON
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Website: Spitfire Elite
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LinkedIn: Bill Sims | Tron Williams
CONNECT WITH US
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Time is seniority and senior time is money. You will have to compete. You will have to |
| 0:06.1 | justify yourself as a hire. 2024. What are your bets, gentlemen? Most pilots don't understand |
| 0:12.5 | what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. They're making career |
| 0:18.0 | decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, |
| 0:22.6 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 0:27.7 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job. |
| 0:34.7 | Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 0:36.8 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:41.0 | Hey, pilot. It's episode 110, the second part of my two-part series with Bill, Sims, and |
| 0:47.2 | Tron Williams from Spitfire Elite. We are looking into 2024 and going to dive deep into what |
| 0:53.2 | our predictions are. Here's an interesting thing. |
| 0:56.0 | As we were recording this, as we were recording it, the JetBlue and Spirit merger denial |
| 1:02.6 | was announced while we were recording it. So you will not hear us talking about as if it had |
| 1:09.1 | happened yet. We just kind of talk about what if it does, |
| 1:11.8 | what if it doesn't. But it's really funny because as soon as we hung up and we checked our phones, |
| 1:15.5 | that was like the top of the news. I hope you enjoy episode 110. We are live on YouTube. I |
| 1:21.8 | wouldn't really call it live. We were pre-recorded on YouTube, but we're on YouTube. Check it out. |
| 1:27.3 | And also check out episode 109, also a YouTube |
| 1:30.3 | show as well. I want to know your feedback. Let me know what you think of this. If you want to see |
| 1:34.7 | more videos, I'll do it. We're going to be doing a lot of new things for 2024. And this might be |
| 1:40.4 | part of it. So let me know what your feedback is. So sit back, relax. Let's get |
| 1:45.2 | ready for pushback. You've amassed this huge listener base with this awesomely successful |
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