Scheduling has been interesting this week. Monday – 4 legs with a 3 hour sit in between Tuesday – off Wednesday – Morning airport reserve Thursday- Late morning reserve at home. They didn’t realize they had no one to cover afternoon airport reserve until it was 2PM…the time the shift starts. They called me at [...]

For February I had a regular reserve line, meaning I was assigned to available all but 11 days of the month. On these days I could be assigned to sit at home “on call”, at the airport “on call” or go flying. No idea which until the last minute. I am used to it. A [...]

I was a guest on this weeks podcast from The Crew Lounge. Myself, along with a pilot from a major were asked to be on to discuss pilot and flight attendant relations. It was a lot of fun. Check it out here…and subscribe!

Wife and I grabbed seats in cattle class last night to visit family. Thankfully we got exit row seats for the flight. About 2 hours in, I was resting with my Bose QC15s pumping in a Smart DJ playlist (I love my Zune HD!) into my ears when I overheard, “If there is a M.D [...]

Another long day. Woke up at 5:00AM. Left the house at 5:20AM. Signed in for airport standby/reserve at 5:56AM. Went to sleep until 7:35AM. Sat in the crew room with the Captain on airport standby from then till around 9:45AM. At that point I was on the phone with my wife when I heard the [...]

After my deadhead home cancelled I got to work on getting the crew a hotel. My crew was comprised of two senior flight attendants who have only flown day trips for the last several years and a senior Captain that has day trips as his line this month. Only one flight attendant brought clothes. The [...]