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 [...]

My July starts today. Today is my first day of afternoon airport standby. I sit standby Sunday thru Tuesday each week. On Wednesday I have reserve. I then get Thursday thru Saturday off. Fun. My wife and I had a great time in California. AT&T park was very nice and the garlic fries were amazing. [...]

This was typed up while sitting in a coach seat. The formatting is a little funny as the cut and paste from Microsoft Word to my blogging software didn’t go very well. Never again will I travel on a major US holiday. Never. A month or so ago my wife asked if I had July [...]

I had yesterday off (enjoyed a baseball game with my wife and her coworkers). I have tomorrow and Saturday off (going to another baseball game at AT&T Park in San Francisco). I am on reserve just today and then start again on Sunday. Being the most junior pilot in my status I thought for sure [...]

Yesterday I took advantage of my benefits and flew to have lunch with my dad.  I’m known for being on time and being able to remember things. This has not been my week. Monday I lost my Zune for good. I left it in an airport lounge. It has my name and phone number on [...]