Yesterday was rough. Roughest day so far this year. Started with an 11:50AM van for a 12:50PM departure. Arrived to the Flight Deck at 12:15PM to find the previous First Officer left his half full (or half empty) Ginger Ale in the cup holder. Thanks? Preflight done. No issues and we blocked out 5 minutes [...]

Had a great vacation. I snuck out of the country for a few days by myself. When I originally bid for this vacation we were not planning on buying a house. Once we decided to buy a house I tried to rebid the vacation as I knew we would be selling our current house during [...]

Back to work tomorrow. Just enjoying time off. Worry not…I’ll be back.

Finally done. Five leg day. My crew had a 5 AM hotel van. I left in my rental car at 4:45 AM. On the way out I told the front desk I would not be riding in the van with my crew. I decided to get my crew breakfast. There was a McDonald’s next to [...]

Day 3 of 4. Flying with a reserve Captain. He’s pretty junior. He was previously an instructor on my aircraft and spent months away from the line while teaching. It’s always interesting flying with instructors as they are used to a perfect airplane and a perfect world (the sim). Airplanes aren’t perfect. The aircraft I [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Been really busy lately. On days that I’m not working I’ve been home preparing to sell my house. Lots of little things to do. It’s amazing the skills I’ve learned by being a homeowner. For example this weekend I learned how to dig up, cut and replace a [...]