{"id":9653,"date":"2026-07-03T11:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/the-pilot-who-quit-philosophy-to-chase-the-clouds\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:30:23","slug":"the-pilot-who-quit-philosophy-to-chase-the-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/the-pilot-who-quit-philosophy-to-chase-the-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"The pilot who quit Philosophy to &#8220;chase&#8221; the clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From the School of Philosophy to the cockpits of international airlines: the impressive journey of Cretan pilot Kyriaki Katsogresaki is a brilliant example of professional success and determination.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to an analysis published in <em>Newsbomb<\/em>, Katsogresaki completed her studies at the School of Philosophy at the University of Rethymno and then pursued a completely different path, dedicating herself to piloting aircraft for international airlines. Her decision to <em>&#8220;chase the clouds,&#8221;<\/em> as this choice was characterized, indicates a determined path toward high expectations and more demanding professional challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Kyriaki Katsogresaki&#8217;s story reflects the ability of Greeks to excel in an international environment, transcending the boundaries of academic education and following their passions. Her placement in the position of pilot represents not only the success of an individual, but also the broader capability of Greek professionals to assume positions of responsibility and prestige in the global aviation sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsbomb.gr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsbomb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"nfg-meta\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;font-size:0;height:0;overflow:hidden;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">nfg-origin:gr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cretan pilot Kyriaki Katsogresaki transitioned from philosophy studies at the University of Rethymno to flying for international airlines, exemplifying Greek professional success abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":9652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[8648,8649,1021,100,8647,8650,2043],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-9653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-airline-pilot","tag-career-change","tag-crete","tag-greece","tag-kyriaki-katsogresaki","tag-philosophy-graduate","tag-rethymno","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9653"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=9653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}