You should never commute.

And the reason they say you should never commute is because there is value in your time.

And you essentially are wasting your time to commute.

You are choosing to give up that value.

And for some people, it's really important to stay where they are and remain planted in commute.

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

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.

This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation

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

Nick Fialca. It's another solo show with me, Nick Fialca. Welcome to Ray for Pushback. I'm stoked you're here.

Is this your first time here? If so, welcome. I'm glad you decided to listen to this one first.

And it's a pretty good choice to listen to this one first because this is probably the question that I get most often. When somebody calls me,

there's a high likelihood that they are going to ask, what company should I choose? What airline

should I go to? What should I do for my family? How do I make this decision? Let me give you an example. The other day I was

driving and my phone rang. There's a person I haven't talked to in quite a long time. And he said to me,

hey, I have a question for you. I am thinking about jumping ship from American Airlines to Delta.

And I was a little stunned. This guy is on year two at American and he wants to know should he go to Delta.

He was nervous about the contract negotiations, whether it was going to actually like pan out to Delta. He was nervous about the contract negotiations, whether

it was going to actually like pan out or not. He was nervous about the company's debt and the

service on that debt. He lived in North Carolina and had a really easy trip to where he flew from,

but he was ready to commute to Atlanta.

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