If you are going to be a chess master, then you are going to be a successful pilot, and you're going to have success in life.

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. Hey, Pilot, it's Nick. It's a day for

solo episodes. And here we are. We're doing it. I'm glad you're here. First thing I want to do

is say, thank you for listening. I have been doing this podcast for a while

and I've got you know I've made some changes I made some modifications here and there but man

every single week there's this huge jump in the number of people that listen to this podcast and

so what that tells me is a couple things number one is that you appreciate this show and you're sticking around.

And it gives you some kind of value that you're getting something out of this. And man,

I appreciate that. It really validates what I thought when we started this. When I made the phone call to Tron and Bill Sims and told

them they should do a podcast and then they came back at me and mandated me to do it.

I mean, every single week, there's more people listening.

So the second thing that tells me is that you're telling other people they should listen to

this podcast.

And my heart grows knowing that. I can't walk around an airport without running into people

that recognize me and want to tell me about their awesome victory. If I'm at the training

center at my company or I go to one

of the other airlines and I walk around over there and I just keep running into people that care

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