Been a little slacking lately. Along with the new website name (UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS GEEKINTHECOCKPIT.COM!!!!) I have a new email address.

The day started at 4:30AM. I woke up before my alarm clock like normal. By 5AM the crew was in the van and on the way to the airport. The airport was surprisingly busy for a Sunday morning. We boarded up a full 70 people and rolled out of the gate ON TIME. The Captain [...]

I only had one leg today. Simple hour flight. Of course when things are simple…they never are. At 9:20AM I left for the airport. I had to sign in at 10:25AM. I left a little early as I had to stop and get cash for tip money (no matter how little I earn, hotel van [...]

Sitting in a hotel room on an overnight. My wife is attending a baby shower for one of our friends and a seperate baptism party for another friend….all while I sit in a hotel room. One of the consequences (and there are many) of flying for a living is missing important events. I have manged [...]

*There are likely spelling and/or grammatical issues in this post. I did my best….but am quite tired….will review it tomorrow morning and polish it up. I left home at 5:15AM bound for the airport. I was assigned morning airport standby. After parking at 5:30AM in the employee lot I waited 5 minutes for the employee [...]

The NTSB is in rare form right now with Colgan 3407. In the past, these inquiries and meetings about crashes took at least a year to come together. Somehow they are having these meetings just 3 months after the crash. The media is making a big deal about the Captain having failed 5 checkrides. Most [...]