I spent 2 days packing for my first trip in 2 months. I went over everything I thought I needed. Still forgot stuff. My wife was driving me to the airport (great perk of being married!) when I realized I [...] Continue Reading…

In a few days a NOTAM will be issued. NOTAM – Due to extensive flight training by a pilot who’s been on the ground for more than two months, all pilots should use extreme caution in the vicinity of the [...] Continue Reading…

Hanging out a lot with my daughter during my wait for IOE. While out and about today I got a phone call from the training department. My daughter is 14 months old….almost 15 months. She has associated holding anything to [...] Continue Reading…

Still waiting to start IOE. I called the training department today. I was told it was 3-5 days from when I finish LOFT. That’s only an estimate though. My day 5 is today. I’m the only pilot out of the [...] Continue Reading…

Thanks to Dan (a reader of this blog) to tipping me off to another blog by a pilot who changed careers late in life. The blogger also works for a regional and appears to be just starting out. Great [...] Continue Reading…

Friday I got my new SIC rating certificate. Saturday I finished LOFT. LOFT is Line Oriented Flight Training. Basically it takes you from the training environment and puts you in the line environment. It’s supposed to be a normal flight [...] Continue Reading…