The deadhead flight was fine. The flight was on an ERJ. I haven’t deadheaded on one in a while. The Captain and I both had seats in the ‘C’ seats. We sat where we thought the ‘C’ side was. Wrong. Passengers corrected us. When I found my correct seat I was at the window next [...]

I was relaxing watching Seinfeld…doing my airport standby routine. I checked the flights. Everything was covered. I checked my schedule…and then my jaw dropped. The originally had me deadheading to Colorado on my mainline partner airline and then deadheading again on another airline. Why? Well one of our CRJs is stuck in Colorado. We only [...]

Do you still get paid reasonably with per diem if you don’t fly all week? obviously not as much as flight time but curious to know if its still worth while pay. This answer involves math. Math is not my “thing” so I will do my best. At my airline (and many regionals for that [...]

I’ve watched a lot of movies this week. Sitting airport standby (ready reserve) allows that. The good thing is I have been home every night. Good and bad I guess. Bad because I don’t make as much per diem when I stay in base. Right now I have more of a “regular” job. I go [...]