Despite being displaced, I have had a fabulous last two days. Friday I flew to New York to go to the New York Auto Show. I flew into Newark and flew out of JFK. Thanks again for the tips on traveling. I had one problem at Penn Station on my way out…that place is huge.
I have a strict ‘no shaving’ policy when I don’t work. The NY Autoshow beats the Detroit show by a long shot!
I learned to not like JFK. The delays there are legendary. The weather was beautiful Friday…and there were still lines of planes waiting to take off.
My flight left an hour late. I relaxed in my First Class seat and listened as the Captain fired up both engines on push out. I thought “great this must mean we will be leaving quickly as standard procedure is to taxi out on one engine,”. As we taxied around I heard a sound I didn’t want to hear. I first heard the left engine power down. Then the plane stopped….and the other engine powered down. The Captain came on stating we would be delayed for at least 45 minutes. Ugh. We ended up landing in base very late. I got home at 11:30PM. At 5:30AM I woke up to go to Minneapolis for the day with my wife. We had a good time. The flight loads were very light both ways. It was our first time there. We went up to visit the Mall of America. One thing we did notice…the public trainsit system there is on an honor system. We bought tickets and signs stated they would be checked…but they weren’t. Anyone could have just walked on board and taken a ride. Odd.
Not flying anywhere tomorrow…just going to a ball game.
Despite all the crap this job brings…..I can’t imagine doing anything else. Being able to fly my wife wherever she wants to go whenever she wants to go is an awesome benefit.
April 18th, 2009 → 7:17 pm @ Geek Pilot