Earlier this month we received some very exciting and surprising news...... Jeff got awarded a transition to the Jet in Salt Lake! In other words (or in normal career terms)... he got a "promotion" of sorts! During the entire month of February and the first half of March he will be training to fly the CRJ - an upgrade from the tiny turbo prop plane he currently flies to a 50-70 seater Jet.
This news came as a HUGE shock to us..... Jeff has always had his name on the list to fly the CRJ out of Salt Lake, just waiting for a spot to open up. However, they were estimating zero spots to open up in February so we weren't even thinking about it. Then he randomly received a congratulatory email telling him that he would start training in February!
Hopefully training this time around will be much less stressful for Jeff and luckily it's all done right here in Salt Lake! He will be home every night and will have the weekends off (with the exception of some studying of course). It will be a bit weird for him to have "normal" 8-5 work hours for a little while ha ha, but it will be nice.
Honestly, my first reaction to this announcement was not excitement... my mind was whirling with total shock and anxiousness. However, we have to come to recognize what a huge blessing this is for us. The timing is really quite perfect. I always find great comfort in the fact that Heavenly Father is looking out for us and with his eternal perspective, knows what's best for us.
Jeff is not quite as thrilled to go through training again, but we are very excited for him to begin this new adventure in his career! He is very excited to fly a bigger airplane and for the potential to fly all across the country (instead of just to Wyoming, Nevada, and Colorado :).
I love my handsome Pilot! :)
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