Speaker 1:
0:00
It's not your top 1% kind of background. You know what I'm saying. And like we like to say that in the, in the Navy, the top 1%, it's like well, yeah, because I mean there's the opportunity to do it. And Really like once you're kind of in the pipeline, man, it's you, they want to keep you there, right. It's like once you're kind of foot in the door, it's.
Speaker 1:
0:21
It's gonna take a lot of hard work, but I Know zero people who have made it alone, you know, oh, and even the ones that did take, take heed, they're, they're what I like to call like a social claymore, if you will. You know what I mean. They just like dude, if you're not Surrounding yourself with like-minded people, if you're not, you know, if you're the average of the five people you spend the most time around, you're also the average of their work ethic too, by the way. So like if you, if you're not gonna pick a good circle and the nice thing about the whole flight pipeline and even the transition out into the airlines and the Spitfire thing, all that is is taking some time, which is free, and putting yourself around people who are motivated, successful and understand that they got there With the help of other people too, and then so it's. It's the opposite of the vicious cycle, it's the good cycle, if that makes sense. You know what I mean. But that's that's what it takes. Like yeah, it was a lot of hard work, but, dude, the only people I know that Did not surround themselves or seek out any kind of help are like bro, I don't know where they're at now, but I can tell you that if they showed up at a party, like that party's over, bro, you know, you know, you know. I mean like it's like okay, shut it down, because yeah, it just, you got it, you got to have a good circle.
Speaker 1:
1:40
Getting back to like just good dudes being good dudes. You're man, you're never more in a phone call away from that, and so it's a super easy one to get back to. You know, I think that's there's still a lot of good in there too. I mean, even you know I've you were in different ends of the naval kind of spectrum, right, but like I've seen the aviation side, the shipyard side, you've got the prior enlisted side, and the one constant with all of those things is like who's, who are the good dudes? Who do you go to for help? Who are you not scared to go to for help? You know who's who's gonna. Let you walk away with your dignity and be a little smart at the same time. It's the same type of people, so they're, they're all everywhere. It's just like how do you, you know, if you, in terms of if you walk into a room with 50 people, maybe there's a few less than there used to be, just because people, or maybe you're either fed up over it or they just got too much on their plate with the family stuff, you know, but like the, they're definitely still out there. And if you don't buy that, like they, I'm not here because I made it on my own, you know.
Speaker 1:
2:39
So the pilot, at the end of her interview the pilots usually don't reach out, it's usually the HR people to reach out the pilot called her directly and said I want you to know that you had the lowest hours of any of the applicants we interviewed today, which is the reason Delta told her no and the reason American told her no, you know, and it's just that they, they know what they like to see. Okay, cool, that's not my call, that's their call, but they, the pilots, always say they're not gonna let you go to the airport. They uh, the pilot told him he had the lowest hours of anybody we interviewed today. And I told the HR lady before you came in, I said she's gonna have to knock this out of the park if she wants it. And she went in there and took him to church. Bro Slaughtered it. And If you take no for an answer, don't slaughter it, get off the train.
Speaker 1:
3:29
Right, it doesn't go great for a lot of people right off the bat, but the people that put in that work, keep your nose to the grindstone, stay humble, work hard. It sounds cheesy to say, but like any great, any great, anybody that's made it, anybody that's in the position that you want to be in At some point, if you were, sit down, have a beer with him, what are the keys to success? If those words don't come out of their mouth, I will give you my next year's paycheck, right. So that's that's. That's what it takes, man. And you know, and Add a buddy.
Speaker 1:
4:01
I was like what you think of the conference. He's kind of underwhelmed. You know, it's a really hard to get a meet and greet. And I said good, pay your dues, put your time in. Did you take no for an answer. Did you go back there? I said go back, go back, talk to this person and say I want to be here. This is my only application. I'll sit outside, wait if you want. I just want 10 minutes to talk to you and pick your brain about the company Guess who got a meet and greet later that day. Right, go meet, go, that's that's just go. Make make some friends, man. Meet some people. Be persistent, stay on the train, keep your nose down, do your job work. It's gonna take you.
