I start a 5 day reserve stint tomorrow. I thought I would get airport standby, but was pleasantly surprised to see I was assigned a Reserve Availability Period from 4AM to 7PM. This means I have to be available for contact from 4AM until 7PM. My last trip was pretty good. I had pitch issues [...]

I made it to the National Air & Space Museum yesterday. Thanks for all the tips via email and comments! With all the information I received I decided to fly into IAD and just visit the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The flight out was nice. I was able to score [...]

In base now. Flight was 3 hours late. Very upset passengers. We did everything we could to make them happy. We flew fast and the flight attendants comp’d all alcohol. Still upset. Can’t please them all. On the way we had a jumpseater on board. I talked to him a bit. He used to be [...]

I am supposed to be in the hotel van right now. The inbound flight is delayed. In fact it hasn’t left the base yet. The crew left my current out station this morning. They were simply supposed to fly to the base, turn around, and fly back using the same plane. Well that didn’t happen. [...]

Runway incursions. They happen everyday. I came close to having not only my first runway incursion, but first collision with another aircraft when I was just of IOE. I was deadheaded from my home base to an outstation. A Captain was deadheaded from another base to the same outstation. The flight was one leg back [...]

When I first started at my airline I had no idea how to pack. My first trip was a nightmare. I packed way too much. Since then I have refined what I bring. I’m starting a 4 day trip tomorrow. In my main suitcase I have: 1 spare Uniform Shirt 3 undershirts 2 regular colored [...]