→ July 30, 2009
This would be a great thing overall although I do worry about the pilots at Lynx. One of my former students flies for them. http://www.blogsouthwest.com/blog/southwest-bids-frontier-airlines Thu, 07/30/2009 – 11:58 — Paula Berg Q&A with Ron Ricks, Executive Vice President Corporate Services and Corporate Secretary Today, Southwest Airlines confirmed that it is preparing a bid to acquire [...]
→ July 29, 2009
I’m glad to public eye is still focused on Regional Airlines. I was afraid after a month or two people would move on. CHANGE can’t come fast enough. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/regional_airlines.html FAA seeks rapid overhaul of rules that govern pilot training and scheduling for regional airlines Scott Shaw/The Plain DealerMichael Zaite, recently a co-pilot with CommutAir flying [...]
→ July 28, 2009
Monday I had my afternoon airport standby shift. Pilots can only work 6 days in a row max. My line for next month starts one the 31st of July. Due to a 7 day conflict I have airport standby Monday and Tuesday, off Wednesday (paid day off), then airport standby Thursday thru Sunday. Yesterday there [...]
→ July 28, 2009
Weather really is an amazing phenomanon. When the dark clouds roll in and rain begins to fall….flights get delayed. When flights get delayed even for just 30 minutes a domino effect begins. From a passenger prespective, it there is a storm at 8AM that is over by 11AM and they have a flight at 3PM, [...]
→ July 26, 2009
A retired mainline pilot narrowly escaped serious injury recently when he attempted to horse-back ride with no prior experience. The retired pilot mounted the horse, unassisted, and the horse immediately began moving. As it galloped along at a steady and rhythmic pace, the pilot began slipping sideways from the saddle. Although attempting to grab the [...]
→ July 26, 2009
Non-rev travel can be difficult at times. Lately with the sagging economy, airlines have been having fares sales which have made non-rev travel a little more tricky. My incredibly awesome wife has a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Masters in Forensics. She’s uber smart and loves animals. For a while we have been [...]
