Sky High Dreams

I remember in third grade, we had career day. The only profession I remembered from that day was a pilot. The pilot worked for United Airlines and I cherished the plastic souvenir wings he gave us. He doesn’t know how he changed my life that day.

Years later I graduated college with a business degree and no passion for any career. All I knew is that I wanted to travel the world. I thought about the idea of becoming a flight attendant, but I knew it would be a challenge for me since it is such a change of life style. But I wanted to travel the world. Next thing I knew I fell in love with aviation. Not just traveling, but the industry of traveling. How all things come together at the end of the day to get a person to one place to another. I wanted to be apart of that. Stepping into the cockpit the first time was breathtaking. The pilots so calm and nonchalant about their duties, I didn’t think I would be able to do the same.

After a couple of months of the thought of being a pilot being my head, it started to turn into a possible reality instead of a fascination. Which kind of scared me. It was very rare to see female pilots and if so they came from the military. I sat with my thoughts and really wanted to make sure this was something I wanted to do. Becoming a pilot is not a side gig, it’s a full time commitment. People say pilots make a lot of money, but that’s one of the reasons I didn’t want to become a pilot. I wanted the clarity for myself that if I were to become a pilot I was doing it for the right reasons and doing it for a mission bigger than myself. I had a lot of doubt in my abilities to possibly fly a plane, but I later on understood this was something I’ve been longing to do. I just never truly believed in myself.

I was thankfully born into a family that raises tough independent women. I knew I had their support no matter what I did, but being born into a time were women are still looked at as less then, timid, and weak I gave into the the idea I was not capable enough to become a pilot. I’m done with that narrative and I’m ready to fly high and chase my dreams.

I’ve put myself through many challenges in my life to come out stronger in the end. I’ve sharpened my skills to the best of my abilities and I know I can succeed in whatever I put my mind to. I believe in myself. I’m ready to launch my pilot career. I know now that I was not crazy in feeling something special about being a pilot the day Robbie’s pilot dad came in on career day. That day was the day I got my spark.

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As some may know, flight attendants only get paid when the doors are closed in the aircraft. Though I work close to 100 hours in the sky a month, I’m still not making enough to attend flight school currently. If you would like to support me in my endeavors, I have a gofundme that you can contribute to. Anything puts me a step closer. Thank you for taking the time to read this post and I will see you in the sky.

The One and Only,

Abbey

LINK FOR GOFUNDME FLIGHT SCHOOL

https://gofund.me/e936cf1d