I thought I was simply doing a short overnight. The plan was to sign in at 6PM and head out the door at 8:30AM when I got back. Why do I make plans? The flight last night involved a married Captain and Flight Attendant. I had flown with each before seperately. One joke about being [...]

So far I have had every Thanksgiving with my wife. Luck really. I’ve been on reserve Thanksgiving this year and last year. Never was called to fly. I am on airport reserve on Christmas this year. Eh. Seems like there will be some movement for me seniority wise soon. There was an announcement of additional [...]

Every now and then I get the question….”is it worth it?” It being giving up my high paying, 8-5 Monday thru Friday job for the exact opposite. Well for the most part for me….yes. I had a great support system prior to starting down the journey of becoming an airline pilot. I had a stable [...]

Sim time is expensive. In order to get the most bang for the buck the sessions are often non-stop. This was my third visit to the simulator. My first was my initial training. About a year ago I had my probation ride. This year I just had flight training. I arrived at 10:30AM and met [...]

From the day I started at my airline I have been enjoying the craft that is the rumor. Pilots, for the most part, gossip. Rarely a day goes by that a rumor isn’t overheard or told to me. Some start with, “I heard from a gate agent in Newark that we are going to be [...]

Sitting in the crew room. Seems as though the great news about recalls isn’t so great. The recalls at Trans States was predicated on that airline getting additional flying from United. Yesterday it was announced that Expressjet (who currently flies for Continental) will get the flying. All of the recalls Trans States sent out were [...]