Really great article on pilot pay. I’ve had it forced into my head that pilot pay is directly tied to a huge portion of operating cost. Turns out it’s all smoke and mirrors. Today, like most every day, just over 44,000 of the world’s most experienced airline pilots employed by the 9 largest airlines in [...]

Right now I am cruising at 31,000 feet. Worry not I am not using my laptop while in the cockpit. I am back in the passenger compartment. I’ve been on vacation for a little over a week. The benefit of (nearly) unlimited travel is quite possibly the best perk in the world. My wife and [...]

Vacation! Loving the benefit of worldwide travel. Here are a few photos:

Seems that a Northwest crew overflew the airport by….150 miles. Investigation to follow: http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091022.html http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N…135Z/KSAN/KMSP National Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC 20594 October 22, 2009 ************************************************** ********** NTSB INVESTIGATING FLIGHT THAT OVERFLEW INTENDED MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT ************************************************** ********** The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident where an Airbus A320 overflew the Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain [...]

Below was my schedule from last week. Rough. Thursday October 15 14:00-  Sign in for airport standby 17:30 – Assigned ferry flight to another airport 22:32 – Ferry flight finally leaves my base 23:15 – Arrive at maintenance airport 00:10 – Arrive at the hotel – set alarm for 8AM for breakfast before scheduled 10AM [...]

I went to bed at 9:30PM Sunday night. Way earlier than normal…didn’t work. My body clock is used to going to bed around 10:30PM and waking up at 6AM. Hard to change it. At 4:15AM Monday my alarm went off. I learned long ago to maximize sleep when I have an early show. To do [...]