Huck
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You need to be so so so aware of the people you meet and how you treat them.
My first full-tme flying job was in 1991 on a BE-18 taildragger. It was owned by a vintage airplane lover who operated it as his corporate airplane.
Fast forward 11 years and jump from Birmingham to Memphis. I am introduced to a senior Fedex management pilot, who agrees to sponsor me at FDX. I give him my resume.
Guess what - he was old friends with the BE-18 owner in Birmingham. After I left he gave him a call to check on me. Thank God I had left on good terms.
The moral - aviation is indeed a small community, and you need all the good references you can get. (Yes, I got the job.)