[EP2] - Jackie Ulmer's Pilot Wife Story
I'm Jackie Ulmer, your Co-Captain, on this journey because YOU are ultimately in charge of charting your flight plan, Choosing your destination, knowing how to course correct through turbulence and keeping your passengers (that would be the rest of the family, and your pilot) as safe and as comfortable as possible and taking care of YOU, too.
As they say - please secure your own oxygen mask first, before assisting others, and that is the goal if this podcast - to be your oxygen mask.
A little about me - probably much like you, I wear a lot of different hats. Pilot wife, certainly and also mom, daughter, sister, friend and entrepreneur. Throw in Kids handler and personal uber service; head cook and bottle washer; first aid medic - you name it - we do it all, right?
I was 25 when I married my pilot, and I worked for 10 years in the airline industry, too. Not as a pilot, but I’ve done about everything except fly the airplane. So, I had a knowing already of the fate that awaited me, ha ha!
My foray into the travel world started as a travel agent. One day, the station manager for a local airline took me to lunch and offered me a job at the airline.
The pay was better, as were the hours and it sounded like an adventure, with flight benefits! So, my airline career started with me as a customer service agent in Farmington New Mexico, working for Air Midwest airlines, a small regional airline that flew 17 passenger turbo props.
My mom used to tell people I was like the girl on Wings, the 90s sitcom. And, that’s kinda how small town airports are. There were 4 airlines total and we were a family.
Listen in to hear more about how we met, married and our journey!
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I chose to leave my airline career once we started a family, and a year into mommyhood, I started my own entrepreneurial journey. I started in Direct Sales, and now coach and mentor Social Sellers.
I’m a Peak Performance and Mindset Coach and my true passion is helping women create Harmony and their best stab at balance in the 7 key areas of life.
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Well, that’s enough to give you some insight to me, my life in Aviation and my passion for working with and supporting women. I’d love to get to know YOU better.
As I’ve shared, this podcast will be a variety of things - roundtable discussions with Pilot Wives in every age group, geographic area, in various companies and with LOTS of great stories, experiences and tips to share. All different types of situations:
- Kids
- Family
- Traveling when the pilot doesn’t want to
- Relationships
- Do Pilots Cheat more than other professions
- Anxiety and worries
- Your Career
- Taking care of YOU
- Communication and Boundaries
We’ll have interviews with pilots themselves, and what they want us to know; Pilot couples and navigating that, with and without kids, Flight Attendants and Pilot couples, blended families, and more,
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