Today was better than yesterday. The Captain I flew with today is a guy I had a hard line with last year. He is very easy going and fun to talk with. The flight was one leg out and then deadhead back. Getting out was a chore. Delays. Shift change for the ramp crew happens [...]

I was assigned afternoon airport standby. I would have bet money I would not have flown. Why? Well the weather was perfect. No planes were broken. Flights were running on time. My phone rang around 5PM. The scheduler assigned me a turn to a city not currently served by my airline. My airline is one [...]

I don’t know how this guy can take his stance with a straight face. How can he state a regional airline pilot who earns just $32K a year is compensated properly when bus drivers, janitors and truck drivers all earn more, but have potentially less demanding jobs? To be qualified to fly a commercial plane [...]

Good ol’ morning airport standby. I woke up at 4:45AM…just like I did yesterday. Somehow I was pulling out of the garage at 5:01AM….14 minutes earlier than yesterday. By 5:17AM I was walking toward the employee bus stop. For whatever reason the bus driver waited a long time to leave my stop. Normally it’s a [...]

Saw this on Comedy Central. Poor passenger is already sick….and then it gets worse.

http://www.ajc.com/search/content//business/stories/2009/06/24/carry_on_luggage_legislation.html I can pack 5 days of clothes in a standard carry on bag. This includes when I travel for work and for vacation. If I can do it so can 95% of travelers. The exception? Those with kids. They should just check bags anyway! Bill would limit airline carry-on bags Carry-on bags would have [...]