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Everyday Heroes

Welcome Everyday Heroes, I’m Bert Botta, the creator of the Everyday Heroes podcast series and welcome. One day about 3 years ago I experienced something that would forever change how I look at relationships! Here's what happened …I was the editor of the Private Jet Pilots newsletter and I was doing interviews for pilot profiles in the newsletter. I’ve always been a “people person” but so much of the time my relationships were like “Hey, how you doing, gotta run!” That usually left me wanting more. But during the interviews, I got to really know my fellow pilots, I discovered how much I really enjoyed getting to know them on a more personal level by working with them that way. That feeling of connection made me realize that I found something that I’ve always been good at, connecting people with something that I really enjoyed doing, TURNING INTERVIEWS INTO PODCASTS that connect everyone, the guys and gals who I interview with the ones who listen to my podcasts and me! Perfect! Long story short, everyone wins! My podcasts are more than random stories; they are powerful messages of entertainment, hope, education, connection, and community for my listeners, especially for those of us in the aviation community. You can listen to the podcasts by clicking the Subscribe button below; it’s FREE and you’ll be able to hear a new and different podcast that comes out every Tuesday, 9 am Pacific time. And if you have a story that needs telling, let me know and we’ll make you the next Everyday Hero! Bert

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(2) How This American Airlines Captain Narrowly Escaped the Devastation of 9/11!

September 08, 2020 • Bert Botta • Season 1 • Episode 1

On September 11th, 2001 Joe Keisling was taxiing his American Airlines Boeing 767 out of Chicago O’Hare for takeoff when Ground Control called and told him there was an indefinite ground stop on all eastbound departures…thus began the day that changed his life and ours forever!

In this interview you’ll get a first-hand listen to what happened that day, especially when you hear Joe talk about something that never happens in aviation, one of the air traffic controllers’ voice cracking when he told them, “God bless you.”

But it didn’t stop there.

For those of you who might be thinking of an airline flying career, Joe pulls back the curtain on the unheard of miracle of how he was hired at American without a college degree. Then he tells us how that happened and how becoming the poster boy in a 1980 Super Bowl commercial for the Army helicopter pilot recruiting program in the latest model of the Army’s Cobra helicopter “punched his ticket” for the rest of his aviation career!

At the end of the interview he talks about his wife, Jill who is a registered dietitian, specializing in the challenges of aviation travel and how she has helped him maintain his health as an International Airline Captain, crossing time zones and all the stresses that go along with 34 years of flying around the world. You can find her website here: truecoursenutrition.com

I have a separate episode coming soon with Jill coming up that will go into detail about helping you work out a nutritional program that will keep you healthy during our often schizophrenic nutritional lifestyle!

Her podcast will address specifically how to know what to eat, how to pack what to eat during your travels and how to stay healthy in the midst of everything that challenges us, especially these days.

Today’s closing song, “Everyday Heroes” is by Dave Carroll who will be one of my guests on an episode later this month!