Adva Amir

I loved what I was doing in the military and I wouldn't replace it with anything else.

I loved what I was doing in the military and I wouldn't replace it with anything else.

So I was a civil coordination officer in the IDF. I was working a lot coordinating activities between the Palestinian Authority and the IDF.

So I was a civil coordination officer in the IDF. I was working a lot coordinating activities between the Palestinian Authority and the IDF.

I think the first thing is that I learned to put the people first. I wasn't like this in the beginning, you know, as you were in the military too, an F-16 instructor, that sometimes it can be like really busy. You have a lot of things to do and overachievers, we want to achieve everything and be good at everything. And sometimes we forget the people.

I think the first thing is that I learned to put the people first. I wasn't like this in the beginning, you know, as you were in the military too, an F-16 instructor, that sometimes it can be like really busy. You have a lot of things to do and overachievers, we want to achieve everything and be good at everything. And sometimes we forget the people.

And I had a big department of 16 soldiers and I, now know that I need to put the people first because eventually they are the one that will make my department fulfilled and better. Yeah, exactly.

And I had a big department of 16 soldiers and I, now know that I need to put the people first because eventually they are the one that will make my department fulfilled and better. Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's crazy.

It's crazy.

I think my personality that I was always a rebel helped me. go and pursue this dream again. It took me a long time. I already applied for university and I was supposed to start studying at a university. And then it was really 50-50 till I sat down with myself and it was a long time, two months. I was writing the benefits and the disadvantages. Like the pros and cons and all that.

I think my personality that I was always a rebel helped me. go and pursue this dream again. It took me a long time. I already applied for university and I was supposed to start studying at a university. And then it was really 50-50 till I sat down with myself and it was a long time, two months. I was writing the benefits and the disadvantages. Like the pros and cons and all that.

Yeah, pros and cons, like really doing this list. Yeah. That it wasn't like I'm going to do the flight school in my home country. I had to move to the U.S. to do that. So it was a big, big decision. And I remember coming to my parents and tell them one day they were just sitting in the living room and I was like, hey, I think I want to become a pilot.

Yeah, pros and cons, like really doing this list. Yeah. That it wasn't like I'm going to do the flight school in my home country. I had to move to the U.S. to do that. So it was a big, big decision. And I remember coming to my parents and tell them one day they were just sitting in the living room and I was like, hey, I think I want to become a pilot.

And I got this look. I remember my dad saying, okay, go and check it. You know, like it was very abnormal for a 21 years old girl to go and say, I want to be a pilot in my home country. Normally people just become pilots after the military, of course, in civil way, but they really accepted it calmly and relaxed, which made me relaxed. I was like, okay, it's possible. It's

And I got this look. I remember my dad saying, okay, go and check it. You know, like it was very abnormal for a 21 years old girl to go and say, I want to be a pilot in my home country. Normally people just become pilots after the military, of course, in civil way, but they really accepted it calmly and relaxed, which made me relaxed. I was like, okay, it's possible. It's

Oh, so many naysayers. So many. I got a lot, a lot of comments when I just started. I got so many of them that I didn't want to say I'm going to become a pilot. I almost kept it as a secret. Like one day I just disappeared from Israel. I went to the U.S. Wow. My friends were wondering, where did I go? And I said, at the beginning, I remember I was so scared.

Oh, so many naysayers. So many. I got a lot, a lot of comments when I just started. I got so many of them that I didn't want to say I'm going to become a pilot. I almost kept it as a secret. Like one day I just disappeared from Israel. I went to the U.S. Wow. My friends were wondering, where did I go? And I said, at the beginning, I remember I was so scared.