Sitting airport standby today. Same as everyday for the most part. While wasting my time on line I noticed an older gentleman making a comment on my anti-Obama sticker. I popped off an ear of my headphones and talked with him and his wife for a bit. Before I knew it I had my headphones [...]

Headed to the airport to sit airport standby. I ran across a site where I can drive a Lexus for one year free. You have to register to vote and give a real email address….do it because it would help a poor pilot save money. Thanks. http://www.drivehs.com/vote/103411

The race to the bottom continues. When I picked an airline I had many reasons why I picked my airline versus others. One was pay AND work rules. While I’m not at the top paying regional, I am far from the bottom. One thing about this industry is, no matter what, someone will always be [...]

Last week I thought I lost my 80 gigabyte Zune forever. Negative. Someone found it and gave it to the manager of a Starbucks. She called me last week and I met her yesterday and got it back. The idea of buying a cheap label maker and putting my name, phone number and employee number [...]

Today started nice. Well nice enough. I woke up at 5:40AM. The hotel I was staying at is very nice. The rooms were all recently redone and are very contemporary. They have 32 inch LCD HDTVs WITH HD content, new beds with very comfy pillows…nice work area…very nice. One thing I don’t like is the [...]

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 [...]