Ep226: Run Your Own Race: Why Comparing Yourself Holds You Back
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Aviation hiring can feel overwhelming, especially in a competitive market. But comparing yourself to others won’t help—you need to focus on your own progress and path. In this episode, Nik breaks down the mindset and strategies that will keep you moving forward in your aviation career. From building flight hours and certifications to expanding your network and developing soft skills, investing in yourself is key. Learn why public speaking, flexibility, and persistence set pilots apart and why staying mentally strong is just as important as technical qualifications. Hiring trends may change, but there will always be a need for skilled, adaptable pilots. Stay focused, stay informed, and keep crossing those finish lines.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
Why focusing on your own progress—not others’—is crucial in aviation hiring.
How to stay consistent, creative, and informed about industry trends.
The importance of continuously building your skills, hours, and certifications.
Why networking and staying in touch with hiring teams can open doors.
How public speaking and soft skills give you a competitive edge.
Why mental health, resilience, and adaptability are essential for career success.
How flexibility in job opportunities can accelerate your aviation career.
The mindset shift that will keep you motivated and moving forward.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, pilot, welcome back to Ready for a Pushback. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Nick Fyalka. It's a solo show. You're here to crush with me today, so let's go. |
| 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, |
| 0:23.6 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 0:28.8 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream |
| 0:34.8 | job. Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 0:37.9 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:41.9 | I know that you want to be an airline pilot. |
| 0:46.4 | I know that you are on your path. |
| 0:49.2 | I know that you love doing this, |
| 0:53.9 | and I know you feel like other people are getting the call while |
| 0:56.4 | you're not. I know it. I understand. I completely identify with that statement because when I was |
| 1:05.5 | going down that road where you are right now, I had all the passion. I had all the dedication, I had all the commitment, |
| 1:13.6 | I had everything, I pushed so hard, I did all the things, and I felt like everybody else was |
| 1:19.6 | getting a shot but me, everybody. And there was this journey that I had to go on that nobody |
| 1:26.0 | else had to go on. And I know that this road that you are on, |
| 1:30.7 | it's daunting. And here we are in this weird 2025, like uncertain hiring climate, what's going on, |
| 1:39.9 | who's hiring, who's going to furlough, Who's going to shut down? There's like so many tricky |
| 1:47.3 | decisions that you have to make. You hear about the slowdowns. You see your peers who have like just a |
| 1:53.1 | little bit more flight time and they're getting hired and it gets discouraging. But I want to tell |
| 1:58.9 | you something because you are not racing them. |
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