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 [...]