I enjoyed having weekends off this month. Being able to spend time with my wife is important to me. My ready reserve line in March had most weekends off when the line was created. I only moved around a few days. For April I have ready reserve again. This time I had only one Saturday [...]

This might have already been asked, but I heard from the regional airline pilot discussion board that a certain regional might be furloughing approx. 100 pilots also, mostly from the ERJ. I take it this won’t affect CRJ pilots since that airframe is not being reduced? When a furlough happens, the airline announces a number [...]

The overnight was 9 whole hours long (again 9 hours between landing and taking off). I got about 6 hours sleep, which is really good for me on short overnights. Taken on the way to the overnight. Sunset. Faint contrail on the upper right from another aircraft. The leg back was mine. Weather at the [...]

Reduced rest overnight. Constant moderate turbulence,  snow (I thought it was spring?!??!) and gusty winds. Got back and was given another turn. Tired. Had an interesting landing. ILS approach to one runway with a visual to another due to very gusty winds. More later. Tired.

The last night of airport standby each week this month has resulted in me being sent out for an overnight. This is working against what I planned. I was supposed to be at home on reserve tomorrow. I was sitting in the airport watching Seinfeld DVD’s while keeping an eye on the flights. The weather [...]

This has been a very slow month. I have flown all of 13 hours. I had airport standby today and reserve tomorrow. On Sunday my wife and I are going to hop over to Minneapolis for lunch. We both love the TV show Man vs Food and want to try a burger he recently ate. This [...]