Just after I finished a quiz during my CFI refresher course, my phone rang. I was given a TWO HOUR notice of a flight to an overnight. Two hours? Really? Somehow an entire crew was needed as the crew was composed of a Captain and two Flight Attendants on airport standby. I looked up who [...]

I had airport standby as my line from February thru April. I had a routine down. At the beginning of each week I would pack my suitcase for a 3 day trip. Once at the airport on day one, I would store my suitcase in a crew storage room. This way each day when I [...]