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Featured Wife Friday – Meet Katie!

May 29, 2015 by Flight Wife Leave a Comment

Featured Wife Friday – Meet Katie!


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Happy Friday!  Come get to know this week’s featured wife, Katie! She’s a mom of 2 boys who juggles working at home with raising her kiddos while her husband flies. I became friends with her years ago when our husbands flew together at their old airline.  Read on to see how she handles life as a pilot’s wife. 🙂

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Name:

Katie

Lives in:

Centennial, CO

Based in:

DEN

What do you do for a living?

“I am a graphic designer and was able to start working from home when we moved in November. It’s been so nice to have flexibility with our ever-changing schedule!”

Kids:

We have two boys. Our oldest is 4 and youngest will be 2 next month. They keep us very busy!

How long she’s been with her pilot:

8.5 years.

How they met:

“At a bar – on my birthday in Maui.  It was Taco Tuesday at Fred’s, to be exact. He was living there flying interisland and I worked at a resort as a poolside server.  I had gone out with some friends for sushi and then we stopped by Fred’s for margaritas. Just after walking in, a friend of mine nudged my arm and whispered, “Tall, dark, and handsome!” and she gestured to where he was sitting at a table nearby. (I couldn’t agree more!) I walked past him and smiled, he asked if I’d like a drink and to sit and talk. We’ve been together ever since! I even have a picture from the night we met since I had my camera on hand. His words were: ‘Let’s take a picture, so you’ll know who is going to call you.’ Haha, so smooth, that’s how he got my number.”

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What is your favorite thing about being a pilot’s wife?

“I love to travel, so that would have to be my favorite thing about being a pilot’s wife. I put our flight benefits to good use. Even with two kids in tow (often by myself), we love going places! Also, my hubby in his uniform is at the top of my list, wowza.”

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 What is the greatest challenge you’ve faced with the aviation lifestyle?

“We’ve tried to live in base for the majority of his career; in turn we’ve lived in 6 states in 8 years.  The plus side to this is that we’ve met amazing people and made great friends, seen many places and experienced living in several different places around the country.  The hard part is not living by family, especially with little ones. I would love to live close to all my family. Also, starting over and over in each new city is hard.”

What is your best advice for coping with having a husband who travels for a living?

“I have had to become much more extroverted than I would have ever thought I could be.  I am loud and open with my close friends, but it can take me awhile to reach that point.  I’ve had to put myself out there a lot more, especially now with kids since I want them to have friends and fun too and it’s up to me to set those things up (play dates and other activities).  It’s important to have a network of friends and hobbies that will keep you busy when your husband is traveling.”

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What is the craziest thing that has happened while your husband was on a trip?

“We have had lots of little crazy things (refer to the question regarding having two little boys)! Our garage door broke once, another time the toilet stopped working. But, knock on wood; we haven’t had anything super big happen that I can think of.  It’s bound to happen that things break or something goes wrong when your hubby travels for a living, though.”

Thanks for sharing your story Katie!

 

Want your story featured on the Flight Wife blog?  Contact me at theflightwife@gmail.com and you could be picked next!

Have a fantastic week!

Xoxo,

The Flight Wife

New! Featured Wife Friday – Meet Jessie!

May 8, 2015 by Flight Wife 1 Comment

New!  Featured Wife Friday – Meet Jessie!


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Happy Friday everyone!  I love getting to know different pilot wives, don’t you?  So I’ve decided to do a weekly post featuring some of my readers. How fun!  Every Friday I will feature a different pilot wife and tell her story.

This week’s featured wife is Jessie S., who I recently got to know through Facebook.  Interestingly enough, we found out we both worked for the same airline at the same time and in the same base! How we ended up not meeting each other back in the day is a mystery, haha.

Read below to see find out more about her, including how she kicked cancer’s ass like a boss.

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Name:  Jessie S.

Lives in:  Highlands Ranch, CO

Based in:  DEN

What she does for a living:  She used to do (and would still like to get back into doing) public and community relations for professional hockey teams.  Currently she is an event coordinator and manager of a custom bath, body, and home care store called Scented Studio.

How long she’s been with her pilot: 8 years.

Kids:  4 fur babies: Duke (Great Dane), Bugsy (Boston Terrier), Zoe (Siamese), and Mr. Meowington (regular short hair gray cat).

How they met: 

“Let me start a little further back… I am from Duluth, Minnesota originally.  I got my undergraduate degree from a college in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (outside Boston) and have lived in Houston.

Needless to say, I have a lot of friends and family all over the place. While I was getting my masters degree from Arizona State University, I was missing my family and friends and decided to see about working for an airline (part-time) so I could travel in my spare time. After applying a few different places for a few different types of jobs, I ended up accepting an offer with a regional airline…as a ramp agent in Phoenix. It was fun, challenging, a great workout, and probably the oddest choice of job I could ever have chosen. I should also mention, working on the ramp in Arizona during the summer is NO JOKE! Haha. While I was working there I got to know (and become friends with) a lot of the flight crew. I ended up becoming really good friends with a pilot (Nick) who was based in Phoenix, but was from Santa Barbara.  After awhile, Nick started going on and on about this friend of his that he’d known from his days at Embry Riddle. He kept saying how he thought we would be perfect together.

I just thought he was crazy. I never, ever saw myself dating a pilot… but Nick was persistent that we should meet. I didn’t think anything would really come out of meeting him (James) since I was in Phoenix and he was in Houston… but after talking to him, and hearing his adorable British accent, I decided to give him a shot.

On a whim I flew out to Houston (a place I swore I would never go back to after I left it) to have a coffee date. I was there a total of 3 hours before I had to get back on the flight home. We have been inseparable ever since. By far the best decision I ever made was to get on that airplane to go see him for coffee.”

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What is the greatest challenge you’ve faced with the aviation lifestyle?

“Two weeks after we moved to Denver, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Having to deal with all the pitfalls that come with a deadly disease was bad enough…having to deal with pitfalls and a boyfriend who was gone working 4 to 5 days a week, while living in a city where I literally knew nobody was absolute hell. He tried so hard to be with me on days when I was going to chemo, but trying to bid around those days was a nightmare. He told his company why he needed those days off, and they didn’t care because we weren’t married. They never gave him the days he requested off, and even gave people who had less seniority days off he asked for. He had to try to switch days with other people, offer money for people to take his trips, parts of his trips, anything. Crew tracking shut him down and put up so many road blocks. He ended up calling off a few times, and I ended up driving myself to chemo a bunch. It was awful, but failure wasn’t an option. Having persevered, I feel like I can accomplish anything.”

“Having persevered, I feel like I can accomplish anything.”

What is your favorite thing about being a pilot’s wife?

“Ever since I was young, I have been excited to see new places and experience new things. Having the ability to see the world has been nothing short of amazing. I am just excited to travel now as I was when I was young, and still think it’s so cool that we are able to get up and go at a moment’s notice. We decided at 7:30 am one morning to go First Class on the Dreamliner to Tokyo.  Another time I went to Maui for 8 hours just because I could. Who does that?? I feel so ridiculously blessed to have ended up with someone who shares my love of travel and curiosity of the world.”

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What is your best advice for coping with having a husband who travels for a living?

“This lifestyle isn’t for everyone, and it tests you in ways you never thought possible. Trust is paramount. Without it, you have nothing. Keep reminding yourself that you can do it. You are so much stronger than you ever thought you were. Enjoy the days you have together, and just have fun. Don’t worry about the impending day he leaves. Date nights, don’t forget to do date nights!!! Always keep a bottle (or 3) of your favorite wine on hand for THOSE days.” 🙂

What is the craziest thing that has happened while your husband was on a trip?

“Nothing too crazy has happened yet (fingers crossed)… So either I handle stress really well, or I’m about due….”

 

I love hearing other pilot wife stories! Thank you so much for sharing your story Jessie, it’s awesome hearing from other pilot wives and getting to know them.

Want your story featured on The Flight Wife blog? Contact me at theflightwife@gmail.com and you could be picked next!

Have a fantastic week!

Xoxo,

The Flight Wife

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