Still sick. Went to the doctor today. Given anti-biotics. Hopefully will feel better tomorrow. Lucky for me I had Monday-Wednesday off and only used one sick day. For those that are curious I accrue sick hours like most “regular” jobs. The difference is in how many I have to use. Reserve days are “valued” at [...]

Called in sick for the first time. Whatever I had yesterday got worse on my flight back. Head stopped up. I was assigned a 4AM-7PM RAP. They tried calling me at 10:30PM last night. I didn’t answer the phone. I checked open flights. The same turn I did the last two days was open. Total [...]

Both landings yesterday sucked. I (for a reason I can’t explain) flew 200 knots to 1 mile from the FAF on the first one. Clear day….thumper. Next one I had a 2 knot quartering tailwind. A little squirrely at 5 feet…thumper. Something was in the air at the overnight. Both flight attendants and I are [...]

Yesterday was long. My Captain has been with the airline for 17 years. Yesterday was his longest day ever for two 1 hour flights! There was a huge storm over the hub. For 2 solid hours no one landed or took off. On a good day there are 260 arrivals per hour. This meant that [...]

Today started at 4:30AM with my alarm clock. Van at 5:15AM. Boarded at 5:40AM. Closed the door at 6:04AM. Told of a ground stop at 6:05AM. Deboarded at 7AM. Between 7AM and 2PM given hourly updates. Today was supposed to be 4 legs to the overnight finishing at noon. At 2:55PM finally left outstation. At [...]

There I was sitting at home in my office. I haven’t used my office in months. I cleaned it up over the last few days and was flying on Flight Sim 2004. Relaxed. The time was 1:15PM. I figured by 2PM I would be safe from having to go into work. Then the phone rang. [...]