Ep134: Frontier Airlines: An Airline You CAN Work For with Nicholas Tursi
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Hop in on an exciting discussion about transitioning to major airlines with seasoned pilot Nicholas Tursi! Let him be your expert guide as he offers insider tips on acing unexpected interviews, navigating salary negotiations, and leveraging scholarships to skyrocket your aviation career. Tune in to this episode and book your ride for an exciting journey to success today.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
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Intrinsic value of starting a conversation with airline recruiters
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Expected salaries for newly hired pilots in the US
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A flight school scholarship program to help military veterans avoid debt
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Services Frontier Airlines provides for their passengers and pilots
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Advantages of working at a local base for pilots who commute to work
RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED
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YouTube Link: iamnicthevet
ABOUT NICHOLAS TURSI
Nicholas is a commercial airline pilot and SkyBridge counselor dedicated to veterans' success. As an airline transport pilot, Nicholas has experience succeeding in challenging and variable flight environments. He's a seasoned flight instructor with a 100% student passing rate. Nicholas is a former U.S. Army team leader with a strong record of leading & mentoring soldiers under his command
CONNECT WITH NICHOLAS
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Website: Frontier Airlines | BreakTurn | Piedmont Airlines
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LinkedIn: Nicholas Tursi
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Show up, have all your applications in. |
| 0:03.0 | People need to start applying for some of these scholarships. |
| 0:05.0 | Frontier is all about, we're going to take you where you want to go, and if people don't |
| 0:08.0 | want to go there, there's no good reason for us to service it. |
| 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. |
| 0:28.2 | 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. |
| 0:37.3 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:41.4 | Hey, pilot, welcome back to Ready for Pushback. I am stoked that you're here. My name is Nick Fialca. |
| 0:48.3 | If you are just joining us for the first time, welcome to the show. It's a great show. I like it. |
| 0:53.6 | My mom likes it. She listens to it. |
| 0:55.5 | And I hope that you like it. If you are back again for another episode, I can't tell you how |
| 1:01.5 | much I appreciate it. 2024 has really ramped up to be an awesome year. And we're exploding. |
| 1:07.7 | And a lot of you are sharing the show and telling more people about the show. If you can do that, if you're a pilot that listens and you get a lot out of this show, if you want to give back to me, you sharing the show and writing a review in Apple podcast, that is literally, literally the two things that are important to this show. And I can't tell you how much I appreciate that. |
| 1:30.0 | I mean, you guys are the best. |
| 1:31.9 | And so today's episode is a really good, pragmatic overview of just an awesome guy. |
| 1:40.2 | His name is Nick Turcy. |
| 1:41.5 | It's all about getting a job in what his experience was like |
| 1:45.7 | working his way up to get a job at the regionals and then getting on with an ultra low cost |
| 1:51.5 | carrier and going to hiring conventions. This convention was RTAG, the Rotary to Air Group. |
| 1:59.1 | And we talk all about his experience. And the reason he wanted to be on |
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