For the third time in a row I have weathered the displacement storm. The final bid came out today (due out yesterday). Just like on the preliminary result I am staying put. This is only due to one person above [...] Continue Reading…

So it’s August 10th and I haven’t flown yet. I’ve gotten as close as the cockpit door. As normal I have airport standby this month. I had my 2PM-10PM shift Wednesday last week thru Saturday. Yesterday I was on at [...] Continue Reading…

I was wondering what type of hotels they give for your overnight stopover? I heard that on international routes they get 5 star hotels for crew members, what about on regional airlines & domestic routes? Does it includes free food [...] Continue Reading…

Prior to flying for an airline, my wife and I were airline mile whores. No better way to say it. We craved airline miles. There was once a promotion where we would get 60,000 bonus miles if we flew [...] Continue Reading…

I just might be looking for a crashpad of my ‘own’ soon. This is a very candid look at crashpads. I bet most Americans have no idea what a crashpad is….even though they might be living next to one. [...] Continue Reading…

I have always liked Expressjet. They had high pay, great morale and a great contract. They weren’t the first regional airline to try a run at running their own airline separate from their mainline contract. I had high hopes [...] Continue Reading…