Things Are Looking Bright

A couple years ago I was on a particularly horrible flight. It was a regional jet flying through a storm that ended up becoming tornadic not long after the flight. At the time, I was flying to Indianapolis every week and had seen my fair share of turbulence. I'd never experienced anything like this. During the worst of it the plane was dropping hundreds of feet at a time (the captain had told us this after landing). I thought we were going to crash.

The turbulence was so bad that the flight attendent got slammed against the ceiling a couple times as did the passengers who werent' wearing their seat belts. The flight attendent was injured and bleeding badly and a quarter of the passengers had head injuries so we made an emergency landing. I never thought a plane could endure anything like that. I've flown about a dozen times since then and everytime the turbulence starts I clutch the seat chairs so hard my knuckles turn white.

On Monday, I took a plane trip for an interview I had on Tuesday. On the flight there, we began experiencing some mild turbulence and the terror set in. Instead of trying to fight it as I usually do, I gave in and let it consume me for a couple minutes. After that I was fine. On the flight back we experienced some moderate turbulence and I wasn't all that concerned. I think I've finally gotten over my fear.

The interview went well and the position sounds amazing. The corporate culture is like nothing I've ever seen before and I think it would be a great fit. You can tell the company really cares about its employees and, from what I hear, they have a great retention rate. I'm excited to hear back from them and I'll keep you updated.