Something amazing happened during my two day trip. Every flight I flew left on time and arrived early. All four flights. The contract states I am paid “block or better”. So even if the flights are early I still [...] Continue Reading…

First…the reason I haven’t been posting is due to the hours spent installing a new floor in my house. We went from this: to this: My wife and I [...] Continue Reading…

Airline pilots for the most part are lazy. They like to work the least amount and get paid the most. I guess that’s like every other profession I guess. Eh. Each month that I am available to work each reserve [...] Continue Reading…

Yesterday a flight crew of a regional airliner lost an engine on takeoff. They climbed to 1000 feet AGL and troubleshot the issue. They then secured the engine and landed safely back at the airport. Didn’t see the news [...] Continue Reading…

I’ve had the same belt for over a year. I have worn it through TSA checkpoints without “going off” hundreds of times. This morning it went off! Both the Captain and I both beeped. Initially I thought it was my [...] Continue Reading…

Tonight I was pretty sure I was going home. Around 5:50PM I was called and assigned a 6:45PM departure. Nice….but it was an odd situation. The original crew was arriving 17 minutes later than scheduled. The ETA was 6:27. The [...] Continue Reading…