Came across this blog post about a pilot who flew 737s and 757s but was new to the A321. http://flightlevel390.blogspot.com/2012/02/ten-west-of-cofax.html?spref=fb

I’ve been wanting to write this for a while. Every now and then airlines change the gate for departing…and arriving flights. This isn’t done for fun. It causes a lot of headaches. Let’s just look at two gates call them gate 10 and gate 15 Flight 290 is scheduled to leave at 8AM from gate [...]

So I have a few pilot headsets. I have a Telex ANR 500, Bose Qc15/UflyMike and a Telex 750. The one that got the most use is the Telex ANR 500. TSO’d, lightweight, great ANR and clear communications. The Bose QC15/UflyMike combo is great.super ANR, crystal clear communications and light weight. My issue was with [...]

Thanks to Dan (a reader of this blog) to tipping me off to another blog by a pilot who changed careers late in life. The blogger also works for a regional and appears to be just starting out. Great read and a lot more photos. He is a lot more open than me as he [...]

Friday I got my new SIC rating certificate. Saturday I finished LOFT. LOFT is Line Oriented Flight Training. Basically it takes you from the training environment and puts you in the line environment. It’s supposed to be a normal flight in real time. This morning we flew from ATL to DCA. Short flight. The Captain [...]

Simulators are the most unreliable jets in the world. Engines will catch fire, gear will fail to extend, you will go around, thrust reversers will pop out in flight, flight instruments will fail and new Captains will swing the tiller way too fast. My instructor gave us these words to live by last night : [...]