Unlike most jobs, pilots and flight attendants can live in any city they want with the convenience of flying to work. I use the word convenience liberally. Some are forced to commute due to financial or family issues. Whatever the reason those who choose to commute are faced with challenges not faced by those who [...]

Tomorrow starts a new month for me. Right now….and for the foreseeable future, I am the most junior First Officer in my status. Being so junior I get whatever is left over each month for bidding. This normally means airport standby. My status has two sets of airport standby, morning and afternoon.This month I had [...]

Seniority at an airline mostly determines the quality of life (QOL) that a pilot will have. When you first start you are near the bottom of the seniority list. In “good” times (when airlines are hiring) the distance from the bottom grows and life gets better. The only way to move up the list is [...]