This morning, I found myself realizing that it was five years ago today that I started my airline career as a cross-utilized agent for AirTran Airways at DFW. It has flown by so quickly.
I'll be honest. It was never my intention to stay in this business. I was leaving behind my dream of working in radio broadcasting and looking for employment. I had just quit my job as a salesman at North Texas Nissan. I was there about two weeks when I decided that I wasn't willing to sell my soul along with the Xterras I was pushing out the door. While searching for jobs, I found several airlines hiring and I applied with all of them. I figured I'd work at the airport, travel a little, and move on to something else. Things didn't really go that way.
As a kid, I loved going to the airport. I loved when we drove through DFW on our way to the Metroplex. I always wanted to work around the airplanes...this was my chance. I never knew I would get bit by the bug.
I worked at AirTran for a couple of years, then got my Aircraft Dispatcher certificate and moved on to SkyWest. I've been here for three years. In the last five years, I've traveled like no other, seen places I never thought I'd see, experienced things I never dreamed of, made friends from so many different backgrounds, and found the woman I plan to marry someday.
It's been an incredible ride and I look forward to what then next five years in this crazy business will bring.
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