On reserve at my airline I get 11 days off per month. Seeing as there are 31 days in the month of May, I am going to work 20 of those days. Each month when I am on reserve (and available on each reserve day) I am paid 75 hours. Take 75 hours divided by [...]

So after getting kicked around during the flight covered in Rocking and Rolling, the next flight was kinda smooth. The leg back to base was mine. The flight was smooth for the first portion. The last 90 minutes were constant moderate chop and moderate turbulence. This meant for the last 90 minutes of the flight [...]

I’m home! After 96 hours and 56 minutes…I’m home. The time spent away from home on this 5 day trip is more than I get on per diem for an entire month doing airport standby. On top of that I flew 18 hours which is almost as much as I flew in the entire month [...]

Nice overnight. My crew was to deadhead back to base at 6:55 this morning. I woke up at 4AM with an odd feeling that the flight was canceled. I fired up my computer and saw my schedule had been adjusted. We were now flying a flight back to base at 12:10PM. Crew scheduling never called [...]

I started duty this morning at 10:18 ZULU. After sitting around all day waiting for the weather to clear….never did. Our last EDCT time was 23:55 ZULU. We would be illegal at 23:29 ZULU. Thus the crew left the plane and headed to the hotel. There was a deadheading crew on board that agreed to [...]

I have one turn to finish. At an outstation now…..stuck. Horrible weather here and base. My approach into here was bumpy due to thunderstorms in the area. Broke out of the clouds right at 400 feet. Good times. Sitting in the terminal now with a bunch of upset passengers. Nice. Just want to get home. [...]