Last trip kicked my rear. Day one wasn’t too bad. Just 3 legs with a total of 7 hours of flying. The first two legs were a total of 5 1/2 hours….with a 30 minute turn in the middle. Five and a half hours is a long time to not eat….and sit in the flight [...]

Nice 3 day last week. You may have noticed I don’t update as often. There’s a reason for that. When I finish a trip I’m tired. I work Wednesday thru Fridays this month. I finished late Friday nights. Saturday morning I rested with my family. I then spend the entire weekend with them. Monday morning [...]

For March I got an awesome schedule. Eighteen days off…..weekends off…easy 3 day trips! For April…ugh. So I preferenced weekends off, 3 day trips, little sit time and fewer legs per day. I got a little of everything. My first trip starts on Thursday April 5th..a 3 day trip…finish on Saturday I then get TWO [...]

Same trip as last week. Still not an easy trip. Started off with the rest of my crew abandoning me! They all called in sick! I was the only line holder, the rest were reserves. Departed on time. The plane had a lot of MEL’s including the FMS. This meant we would be navigating the [...]

Finally recovered from my last 3 day trip…of course I start the same trip again today. I hope it goes better than last week. The trip is a 3-4-3. Three legs on day one, four on day two and three legs on the last day. The trip started well enough. Pushed out 5 minutes early. [...]

On day 3 of my 3 day. Day 2 was brutal. Scheduled for 7.5 hours flying. Ended up flying 8.9 hours. Four legs. All quick turns. Never had a real break for a meal. Weather, turbulence and reroutes were the words of the day. Today is just 3 legs. This video will be boring to [...]