{"id":95,"date":"2026-05-31T07:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=95"},"modified":"2026-05-31T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:10:50","slug":"different-runway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Different Runway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2aLAX-Sunset-THLs-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2aLAX-Sunset-THLs-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2aLAX-Sunset-THLs-2-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2aLAX-Sunset-THLs-2-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Howie spent years taxiing down the aviation runway. His blueprint was meticulously drafted. Progressing from Singapore Youth Flying Club to Temasek Polytechnic&#8217;s AMS program, and finally to Embry-Riddle. By 2020, he was fully fueled and ready for takeoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came the ultimate Air Traffic Control wave-off. COVID-19, a global severe weather event that completely shut down his original destination airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But instead of circling indefinitely or crashing, Howie executed a flight correction. He adjusted his coordinates, upgraded his academic engines with degrees from SMU MiM and ESSEC SMiB, and requested a completely new flight plan. Ultimately, he executed a safe landing, touching down firmly on the runway of global corporate banking at BNP Paribas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a story that reframes what could have been a career disaster into a masterclass in navigation. He didn&#8217;t crash, he was simply cleared for a different runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howie spent years taxiing down the aviation runway. His blueprint was meticulously drafted. Progressing from Singapore Youth Flying Club to Temasek Polytechnic&#8217;s AMS program, and finally to Embry-Riddle. By 2020, he was fully fueled and ready for takeoff. Then came the ultimate Air Traffic Control wave-off. COVID-19, a global severe weather event that completely shut &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=95\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Different Runway&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}