Finished my 4 day. Nothing terribly exciting…just lots of ups and downs. Only one mechanical issue. Last leg at an out station, a seat in front of the exit row reclined…and it’s not supposed to. My cabin crew didn’t find this out until we got to the outstation. No one sat in those seats on [...]

Today was supposed to be day 2 of a 4 day. Because of a 30 in 7 conflict my first day (just one leg to the overnight) was removed. Day 2 was supposed to be one leg back to base then one leg to the overnight again. I joined the trip with…one leg to the [...]

Day 2 of the three day was rough. It started off fine, but got worse fast. As stated in the last post I had a 3 hour sit after arriving from the overnight so I went home and ate lunch. I then drove back to the airport. Departed on time after dealing with minor maintenance. [...]

Forgot what it’s like to work for a living. Ouch. I fly a smaller plane now. Smaller plane = more legs per day…for the most part. Doing a 21 hour 3 day trip. Day one was 5 legs including an international turn to start. First flight had a fuel readout MEL. We had to use [...]

By the time I finish this blog post I will have completed my reserve stint…..having flown zero reserve hours. This is in stark contrast to the last 4 years when I was on reserve. I was abused….errr used constantly. Lots of dead heads. Lots of ferry flights. Lots of sitting around. I was the bottom [...]