I’m on day 4 of 6. Sunday – Airport Standby 6AM-2PM…never called for a flight Monday – Airport Standby 6AM-2PM…never called for a flight Tuesday – Airport Standby 2PM-10PM…never called for a flight Wednesday – Reserve Callout 10AM-2PM….called at 4:14PM as I was heading out the door to take my wife to dinner for her [...]

I got a three day trip. This came in handy as my mother in law was in town and well….hanging out with her all day…..she’s a nice lady and all….but…well. The trip was supposed to start with my signing in at 5:20PM and blocking out at 6:05PM. Supposed to. I did indeed sign in at [...]

May 5 marked 4 years since I took my first flight lesson at ATP. May is also my month to get my FAA medical. My first medical was a nightmare. I simply went to the closest Aviation Medical Examiner to my house. He doesn’t regularly give FAA physicals. He was very slow and had me [...]

Thought I was pretty safe from “having” too fly Friday. Sitting in the bowels of the airport, I began to plan my evening at home. Then the phone call came. Off to an overnight. The Captain I flew with and I have always got along. I am a very easy going guy. That being said, [...]

Boring week. Back on morning airport reserve. Tuesday started like always….sleeping in a recliner while listening to various tech podcast. A few hours in I was called for a quick turn. The flight was originally scheduled to be flown by another regional carrier. For whatever reason they couldn’t do it. The crew was all reserves. [...]

This was the longest overnight….over 16 hours. On top of that I was able to sleep in as the airport van didn’t depart until 7AM. We arrived at the airport at 7:15AM to find our plane wasn’t at the gate. This is a maintenance base…..it was still in the hangar. Fairly full load at 49 [...]