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Pilots from the Veejo network tell their path in full: the detours, the failures, the numbers nobody shares, and the moment everything lifted off. For those one step behind them.
A new episode every two weeks · In English or French · Recorded in Paris
Episode 1 · 20 October 2026 · 1 h 09
Katerina Kraeupner: from the check-in counter to the cockpit
At 20, Katerina was a check-in agent at Varna Airport, in a Bulgaria where “women were for service roles, men were for the controls.” At 38, she flies IFR at an integrated pilot academy.
In between: a move to Germany alone, without the language. A rejection from Munich Airport. A best friend’s advice, “Lufthansa is looking for flight attendants, just apply”, and an acceptance 24 hours after the Frankfurt assessment. Seven years in the cabin, a failed pilot selection at her own airline, and the day her phone finally rang.
A conversation about rejections that don’t decide the end, starting later, and the moment you stop thinking “they probably won’t take me.”
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