{"id":4575,"date":"2020-04-17T05:54:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2024-03-29T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:00:10","slug":"the-road-to-become-a-professional-bus-driver-before-being-an-airline-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/my-diaries\/the-road-to-become-a-professional-bus-driver-before-being-an-airline-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"The road to become a professional bus driver before being an airline pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Apr 17, around 3 months past since the outbreak of COVID-19 , I wake up at 0500LT.<\/p>\n<p>This first thing I am going to do is to type a simply &#8220;diary&#8221; to record my recent status. I like writing blog since I can review what I did in the past and I can check my progress.<\/p>\n<p>Life is running fast! It has been more than a year since I left the VHHH as a ground staff. Although I have just finished my Day 60 as a professional driver in a franchised bus company, I enjoyed the life in KMB! Rightly, I have to give thanks to the last employer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The real reasons why I quit the last position<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After a year, I have to admit to myself that I quit because of something.<\/p>\n<p>During the last quarter of 2018, I got promotion to a senior officer and even got an opportunity to work in a brand-new department for 4 months. However, I encountered a &#8220;thunderstorm&#8221;. The development was not well-developed and so I was actually taking part of the &#8220;Office Control Duty Desk (OCD)&#8221; role in the Airport Authority Movement Control Center. However, I was often invited to work over-time to mid-night. The reality is that there was no direct-route to home and so I had extra commute time. The &#8220;life&#8221; lasted for months. On 2018 Nov 11 (The date 1111), the incoming call increased particularly, I used extra time to handle those calls before I could handle my routine. Giving &#8220;crew call instruction&#8221; to hotel was one of my duties as a &#8220;OCD&#8221; officer. On that particular day, the crew call instruction guideline was covered by another document and so I needed to flipped over the non-relevant page.\u00a0 Due to the similar crew call pattern as well as &#8220;Human Factors&#8221;, I made the mistake which caused approx 30 mins delay for the flight. This taught me a lot of things and I did a through reflection. First, I did not know that I was overloaded and suffering from fatigue. I was not assertive enough to ask for helps from Supervisor. I did not realize a paper covering on top could be kind of &#8220;Threat to my operation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While I could not forgive my mistake, I noticed that my part-time course suddenly increased the frequency of evening lectures from two to three. To be honest, I was working in the Operation Department and I noticed that I would be bothering to my supervisor on roaster scheduling. When I do something, I always ask myself to show a decent performance. Therefore, I made that heavy decision.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2019, I started my new life as a Part-time Barista in a coffee shop and I got my professional driving license in August same year. The two part-time job can absolutely fit my learning time-table as well as become a new learning-platform to me. While I am delivering service to the customers, I have the hand-on practice.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a photo capture from a company recruit footage, I wish one day I will be the professional airline pilot who worked in KMB.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pilot-Bus-Captain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pilot-Bus-Captain.jpg 642w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pilot-Bus-Captain-600x349.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Pilot-Bus-Captain-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Apr 17, around 3 months past since the outbreak of COVID-19 , I wake up at 0500LT. This first thing I am going to do is to type a simply &#8220;diary&#8221; to record my recent status. 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