Last night my Captain advised crew scheduling that the local station personell could not handle our ferry flight until 8AM due to the morning kickoff revenue flights. Crew scheduling insisted my crew be at the airport at 5:30AM which put us on reduced rest. We arrived at 5:30AM to find our plane still in the [...]

I had plans to go out with my wife tonight. This morning it was looking like I wasn’t going to make it. Then it looked like I would. Then it looked bad again. I signed in for my flight at 10:45AM. I met the Captain in the crew room. The last time I flew with [...]

I am on reserve for the next two days. I then get Sunday off and then work reserve 6 more days. Originally I was to work Sunday. If I had then I would be on for 10 days in a row…illegal. The periods between two months is really hard for my airline. Pilots schedules can [...]

Just found a link to this video. If a safe landing and rollout and can not be achieved…go around!

I saw this on another aviation board. Pretty neat 10 minute video of the Concorde descending and landing. The video has views from both the cockpit AND the outside of the aircraft. http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/hokeyPokey/3812/

Back on the line. Signed in for airport standby at 5:59 AM…one minute to spare. Being gone for 8 days, I had a lot of manuals to update. A buddy of mine who worked at the same ATP location as me was also sitting ready. When I walked in the crew room he was slumped [...]