Nice two day trip. Got off to a rocky start though. When I walked onto the first aircraft, two mechanics were in the cockpit. They turned around and said, “I wouldn’t even bother putting your bags down,” meaning the plane is broken…bad. Thankfully the delay was minimal. We left 20 minutes late, but arrived on [...]

Back from vacation. This month I have a straight reserve line. This means I have no idea what I am doing each day versus the last few months where I had airport standby. My first day of reserve? Assigned airport standby! No biggie as I had to update my manuals anyway. That took a good [...]

Dallas Morning News Article Follow the link for photos and the original story Pilot’s arduous 2-day schedule reflects demands on flight crews 12:36 AM CDT on Sunday, November 1, 2009 By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News etorbenson@dallasnews.com This time, he required coffee. And Doug Gibbs doesn’t like coffee; he’s more of a Coke [...]