First…the reason I haven’t been posting is due to the hours spent installing a new floor in my house. We went from this: to this: My wife and I installed more than 600 square feet of flooring over the last week. When I say installed….I mean we were on our hands and knees installing it. [...]

Airline pilots for the most part are lazy. They like to work the least amount and get paid the most. I guess that’s like every other profession I guess. Eh. Each month that I am available to work each reserve day I get paid for 75 hours. I could fly ZERO hours or 75 hours [...]

Yesterday a flight crew of a regional airliner lost an engine on takeoff. They climbed to 1000 feet AGL and troubleshot the issue. They then secured the engine and landed safely back at the airport. Didn’t see the news blurb on CNN? Yeah neither did I. Due to this incident I was called while sitting [...]

I’ve had the same belt for over a year. I have worn it through TSA checkpoints without “going off” hundreds of times. This morning it went off! Both the Captain and I both beeped. Initially I thought it was my hotel pen in my pocket. The TSA screener advised it could be my belt. I [...]

Tonight I was pretty sure I was going home. Around 5:50PM I was called and assigned a 6:45PM departure. Nice….but it was an odd situation. The original crew was arriving 17 minutes later than scheduled. The ETA was 6:27. The overnight was scheduled for 10 hours 5 minutes. The Captain and I couldn’t understand why [...]

Flight schools don’t issue pilot certificates. The FAA does. The FAA could care less where a pilot recieved training. As long as the pilot meets the standards imposed by the FAA examiner, they get the certificate. The proof is in the pudding. When people choose schools, they do so for a multitude of reasons. There [...]