Today was supposed to be day 2 of a 4 day. Because of a 30 in 7 conflict my first day (just one leg to the overnight) was removed. Day 2 was supposed to be one leg back to base then one leg to the overnight again. I joined the trip with…one leg to the [...]

Day 2 of the three day was rough. It started off fine, but got worse fast. As stated in the last post I had a 3 hour sit after arriving from the overnight so I went home and ate lunch. I then drove back to the airport. Departed on time after dealing with minor maintenance. [...]

Forgot what it’s like to work for a living. Ouch. I fly a smaller plane now. Smaller plane = more legs per day…for the most part. Doing a 21 hour 3 day trip. Day one was 5 legs including an international turn to start. First flight had a fuel readout MEL. We had to use [...]

By the time I finish this blog post I will have completed my reserve stint…..having flown zero reserve hours. This is in stark contrast to the last 4 years when I was on reserve. I was abused….errr used constantly. Lots of dead heads. Lots of ferry flights. Lots of sitting around. I was the bottom [...]

I’m on reserve until Friday. I’ve flown zero hours during my last 7 days of reserve thus far. Being senior has it’s privileges. I’m in the top 1% of the First Officer reserve list at my base. I’m the last person to get called when flight assignments need to be covered. My phone has never [...]

Bids closed. I got what I asked for…but not what I wanted. Everyone has priorities when bidding. I wanted the following: Maximum Days Off No Two Day Trips Monday and Tuesdays off Maximum Pay (high hour line) Christmas Off Those were my prefernences in order….and that’s where I screwed myself. Because I weighted pay OVER [...]