It's all about being professional
11 Jan 2018Boldreight T. Hannak
When I embarked in this adventure of mine, QOORQOOIA, I knew I wanted to act like a pro. I wanted to be a professional, in the space tourism business. And so I went through all the way down being such a pro. I worked hard, in this period, do create something interesting and unique. I tailored a custom onboard AI which allows passengers to safely embark to and disembark from the ship without loosing much time and able to announce and coordinate all the steps of a flight. It is good. I know that.
But then again, I started wondering what is, exactly, a professional? What is the specific trait which defines and describes a professional pilot? Well, after yesterday, I think I come up with a proper answer: caring for the passengers and their needs.
I've never thought much about politic and power plays, in all those wide range of colors and I've never payed much attention to details: war, crimes, battles and other stuff. I've always been a down to earth regular guy, which tries to follow his own path along his own journey. Never thought about people in danger or, worse, in bad situation. Well, yesterday all this changed. Forever.
While being in in Camarda Beacon, in Ngurelban system, and disembarking a tourists there a Labour of Ngurelban representative reached for me and asked me to transport a group of 4 prisoners to Ehrlich Orbital, in LFT 1421 system.
Well, this wasn't for sure a bad thing and it was in a perfect timing. I was just disembarking people and he was ready to pay well for those 4 prisoners. I accepted. And then I started thinking about what kind of transport I should have offer to those prisoners.
So, while getting the Wandering Owl ready for the departure I started thinking about those people. Who they were. How they got there, incarcerated. And that just switched something in my mind: if I really wanted to become a professional pilot with my business, I had to act like one.
So, instead of treating them as cargo things, as per request, I decided to give them the full QOORQOOIA experience and I showed not only mercy to them, but I also showed them a caring attitude and giving them a hell of a ride, like the were normal tourists.
And that taught me something: the passion which drives me to do this job is more complex and more sound than I originally supposed. I had everything under my control and when I started the engines and left the station I knew, in that very moment, I was a pro, working for my business.
Doing what I love most: to take people somewhere else. No matter what.
And that's a hell of a feeling.