flying

I wonder if other jobs have simulators that workers play while on break. I’m not sure who this guy is - but maybe he has a checkride coming up and his is just ‘training’? I doubt it. We’ve got plenty of aviation geeks that can’t get enough of it. I do like the fact that [...]

With Susan off for the summer, I ‘bid’ to have some weeks off with her. I was awarded 6 weeks from the end of June through early August. Being anxious to kick the summer off - I asked (and was awarded) a drop of a trip at the end of June that slides up to [...]

i heard the storms in the distance - in a moment they were outside the hotel. I’m on the 8th floor and have a very large sliding glass door feet from my bed. I’ve moved to the tub… The hotel internet is down, as is the power but the T-Mobile signal still stands strong. I [...]

sneaky
Originally uploaded by stork123

Aside from bluffing my way into free internet access codes at hotels that don’t offer it FREE to crew - I enjoy the free breakfast scam. To make the game even more fun, I try and find a backdoor so I can enter the breakfast arena from the hallway rather than the [...]

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Originally uploaded by stork123

Just found this feature on the facebook Airline Schedule App. This is the same app that allows crews to upload their schedules and compare their overnights with friends. The problem is, I have few friends on facebook who are pilots and use this app. It’s over many’s heads. And yet they trust [...]

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Originally uploaded by stork123.

I just learned about this site flightaware.com. You can watch in real-time or look back on flights and see the routes flown.
Today this was my flight from msp to phl.
We took a little turn to the left over michagan because some clown was diverting around some cells and figured we should do the [...]

I often watch in amazement as gate agents in airports can so blatantly blow off our passengers in the their time of need. I know there are plenty of times there is nothing they can do to rectify the situation but I’m sure a little compassion would make the hard news easier to swallow. And [...]

A four-day trip the week of Thanksgiving took me to Columbus, Ohio. Seeing as I was to spend the holiday alone in the hotel, Susan decided to drive up from visiting her Grandparents in Pittsburg. She had our cousin Troy with her so we figured we’d play in Ohio for the night and let him [...]

As I made my way down the aisle yesterday for my flight back from Tampa I saw two kids sitting in the row I was to take. They had the aisle and middle seat - I was to sit by the window where a bald baby doll was strapped in. The mom was in the [...]

I believe I can fly
Originally uploaded by contrabandbayou.
I took my first flight on September 9th, 1992. N2388T. I didn’t have to run this fast but I was as excited I’m sure.