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Ep24: Mentorship and Its Power for Your Aviation Career’s Advancement - Jessica Ortega

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

If you're an aspiring aviator, today's guest Jessica Ortega talks about mentoring and scholarship opportunities that will help you flourish as a professional pilot during your training and beyond. Join us today to boost your career and open more doors for yourself in the aviation industry. 

 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE 

  • A beginner's guide to choosing the right flight school

  • Part 141 vs. Part 61 flight schools

  • The advantage of mentorship in flight instruction 

  • How to overcome struggles of the flight training plateau

  • Benefits of Professional Pilots of Tomorrow (PPOT) membership

  • The life-changing power of the aviation scholarship program

 

Tim Pope Interview:

  • Do’s and Dont's a pilot should follow in their tax plans

  • Factors that affect your tax planning strategies 

  • Things a single guy can do on his tax strategies 

  • Important advice on accepting bonuses 



RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED

 

ABOUT JESSICA ORTEGA

Jessica has been a Republic First Officer based in New York City’s LaGuardia airport for the last three years and is currently training to become a Captain.  Described as her “passion project,” Jessica serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Professional Pilots of Tomorrow, a volunteer Non-Profit that provides structured mentoring and networking opportunities to aspiring aviators.

 

CONNECT WITH JESSICA ORTEGA

 

CONNECT WITH US 

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If you want to recommend someone to guest on the show, email Nik at [email protected], and if you need a professional pilot resume, go to www.spitfireelite.com/podcast/ for FREE templates! 

 

SPONSOR

If you’re a professional pilot looking for a great financial planning partner for your retirement, tax, and investment, go to www.tpope.ceterainvestors.com/contact or call 704-717-8900 ext 120 to schedule a consultation appointment with Timothy P. Pope, CFP® 

Transcript

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0:00.0

I was able to use two mentors when I was a mentee. And I was a flight instructor. I was,

0:05.4

something to be said there is that you don't have all the answers. There's no way you can have

0:08.8

all the answers right away. And for me, when I was a flight instructor, I was convinced I was

0:13.9

going to go fly private jets. I was going to go to business aviation, fly corporate.

0:18.1

Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.

0:23.6

They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums,

0:29.6

meaning they are taking huge risk with their livelihood without having all the details.

0:34.6

This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry

0:39.6

so you can find your dream job. Let's get ready for pushback. Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.

0:48.2

Hey, pilot. Welcome to the show. It's another Monday interview and you got, Nick Fialca. And today we're talking to

0:55.3

Jessica Ortega from Professional Pilots of Tomorrow. It is a really awesome organization that reaches

1:03.3

out and helps get people interested in aviation and keep them interested and provide

1:08.0

mentorship. So if you are a person who is considering aviation as a career and want to know about our industry,

1:17.3

professional pilots of tomorrow is an awesome, awesome organization.

1:21.7

Before we get into that, we are going to have a bonus interview with Timothy P. Pope. Tim is our sponsor and he is a

1:32.6

financial planner and we talk a lot about all the ins and outs of where we are right now in the

1:39.5

tax world and all the things to think about with new contracts and all sorts of good stuff. So over to

1:45.2

Tim. Hey, thanks, Nick. And before we get started, I think I should say the things that I'm about to say

1:50.7

are not specific financial advice for anybody's circumstances. So, you know, if you're a pilot out

1:56.3

there trying to figure out what to do on the topics we talk about today. Certainly, you know, complete your

2:01.2

own due diligence, work with an advisor, but don't just take, you know, the word on the show and run

2:05.9

with that. All right. Here we are sitting down with Tim Pope, my favorite financial planner

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