Assigned morning airport standby. I wanted to come in and snooze. Well Jeppesen released a huge update instead. I spent the first HOUR updating my manuals. Ugh. Electronic kits bags can’t come fast enough! So instead of sleeping I got a large coffee from Dunkin Donuts (I love their coffee!) and the requisite donuts (because [...]

Tomorrow I have been tentatively assigned morning airport standby. I will confirm my assignment in about 30 minutes. My attempts at bidding trips in other bases were lost. Oh well. A buddy of mine who commutes was getting very frustrated trying to get home. He listed for 5 flights before getting the jumpseat. I was [...]

Before I started flying I was really unhealthy. No exercise, horrible diet and way overweight. My first medical scared the crap out of me. I had rushed to the AME after a stressful day at work where I regularly drank 5 cups of coffee minimum. By the end of the exam my chest had been [...]

When I started flying I bought a set of David Clark H10 13.4′s. They were great. But I have a big head. After 2 hours in a hot 172 my head was ready to explode. I did a lot of research ( I research EVERYTHING I buy). I ended up buying a wonderful Telex Stratus [...]

So far this year I have had the following monthly assignments: January – Reserve February – Morning Airport Standby March – Afternoon Airport Standby April – Afternoon Airport Standby May – Reserve June – Reserve July – Afternoon Airport Standby I am the most junior pilot in my status. After all pilots senior to me [...]

The weather at the outstation was nice. The weather at the base was beautiful and VFR. All I had to do was get to base and I would have 55 minutes between scheduled arrival of my flight and scheduled departure for my deadhead. Should be easy right? Well in the “real world” 55 minutes is [...]