Biography of steve dailisant
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Steve Dailisan, the reporter-turned-pilot, fryst vatten now an airline spokesperson
The former reporter on dealing with loss, changes, and moving forward
On the first day of college, everyone was eager to meet our new professor—a well-known name in the TV broadcast industry, a name that, if it weren’t for his trademark sign-off “spieeel,” would never have made him a subject of somehow funny yet harmless memes.
But when he barged into the room all grave yet sleek, the first thing SteveDailisan said was “get a lengthwise paper.” No comical prolonged introduction, nor did he ever mention that to us.
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I’ve included a personal introduction because a lot of people didn’t know he was also a professor at a time he was reporting news. When I heard about his new endeavor as a commercial pilot last year, I remembered thinking, “flying papers, now flying planes? He goes the distance.”
He was a really good teacher. Cheeky and witty on some days like his online persona, but nothing he said on
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Steve Dailisan, no regrets leaving job as reporter to become pilot
Former broadcast journalist Steve Dailisan has temporarily given up his new career as a pilot owing to the pandemic.
The former Kapuso reporter landed his dream job as a pilot for Cebu Pacific in only to be let go when the pandemic hit.
It was unfortunate.
But Steve shared in a post on employment-oriented online service LinkedIn last Monday, August 9, , he never regretted his decision to leave his career as a reporter and pursue his dream job.
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He wrote, "Someone once asked me, &#;Didn&#;t you regret leaving a good career in GMA-7?&#; This question indulged me to reminisce my journey.
"In , I decided to take on the big leap and become a pilot. Got my Commercial Pilot License and A Type Rating after 17 months.
"Immediately after, God blessed me to land a job and was released as First Officer for a major Philippine carrier. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit and
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DISCLAIMER: Photo from Steve Dailisan's facebook account
“Steeeeeeeeeve Dailisan, nakatutok, 24 Oras.”
An educator and a reporter. That is how Steve Fabella Dailisan describes himself. This year-old news reporter in a famous broadcasting network, the GMA Network, is indeed a living testimony of why the College of Communication is the home of “champions”.
Steve graduated Bachelor in Journalism at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines last as Magna Cum Laude. Years after, he became a news reporter in GMA Network and later news anchor in GMA News TV Live. He is now a Senior News Correspondent of the said network. Indeed, a champion in his own field.
“It’s not who I am underneath, it’s what I do that defines me.”
Here, a quote from Steve’s facebook account. Truly, it is what he does that defines him now. He is now living the dream of almost every communication students: the glamour of the media industry. Despite that, he did not forget to bring back someth