Learning to fly can be complicated. I first started looking at flight training when I was still in high school. The process was extremely confusing. So many terms and acronyms were tossed around. The prices varied widely. I gave up. When I really started looking into it after college. Nothing changed! Still full of acronyms [...]

General aviation planes have come a long way in technology. There are Cessna 172′s flying around that have more high tech equipment than many airliners. The G1000 is an amazing setup for a cockpit. For those unfamiliar it’s a full glass cockpit. I never had the chance to fly one while I was training. Before [...]

For the previous bid period I was assigned morning airport standby. I developed a routine of signing in to work at 6AM then sleeping till 10AM. I was only called for a flight between 6AM and 10AM once during the month. Whenever I woke up…or 10AM…whichever came first, I would wander up to the terminal [...]

Before joining an airline I had a lot of questions….and few people to answer them. One purpose of this blog is to answer questions from those curious about the industry. I am by no means an expert, so if I don’t know the answers I will tap my colleagues for information. I received an email [...]