Ep74: The Grass Is Always Greener
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Is switching airlines after years of dedication a wise choice? Join us as we explore this significant question and learn how to make informed decisions about your career. Let’s examine the essential factors and carefully assess the advantages and disadvantages of this pivotal decision, empowering pilots to confidently navigate their professional journey.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
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Possible reasons why pilots may contemplate switching to another airline
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Factors to consider before making a big career move
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Tips for objectively evaluating the pros and cons of your job
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Why it's essential to value time and make compromises in your career
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Time and money and those are the things that come with a job and you have to sacrifice |
| 0:07.0 | one for the other. |
| 0:08.0 | And you have to find that balance. |
| 0:10.0 | Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. |
| 0:16.0 | They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, |
| 0:21.6 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 0:26.6 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry, |
| 0:31.6 | so you can find your dream job. |
| 0:33.6 | Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 0:35.6 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:40.1 | Hey, pilot, what's up? It's Nick. It's ready for pushback. It's solo. We're doing it. |
| 0:48.3 | Today's the day. And this is an interesting one. I made a special effort actually tonight to jump on here and record this so I could save it because I thought this was a really interesting day that I had today. |
| 1:02.6 | I got a long, long, long text message from a good buddy of mine. |
| 1:14.1 | Probably my best buddy who I've known for, |
| 1:19.7 | I don't know, 20 plus years. And he flies for Southwest. And he's been flying at Southwest for I want to say six or seven, maybe eight years now, maybe seven. And it was a really long text so long that I was almost like TLDR, but I couldn't do that |
| 1:33.1 | because he's a buddy. And basically what it said is that he had spent some time with another |
| 1:40.5 | mutual friend who flies for Delta Airlines, who is a first officer on the 350. |
| 1:47.7 | He has been there since about 2014. |
| 1:51.0 | And he was shocked at the lifestyle that this guy leads. |
| 1:57.8 | He flies a couple trips a month. |
| 2:00.2 | His family can do oftentimes a like non-rev |
| 2:04.9 | out to wherever the overnight is and he had this desire to grab onto that kind of lifestyle. |
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