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Calgary Jazz

By Varrin Swearingen | July 18, 2008 - 3:51 AM |May 21, 2014 Music, Travel
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As is often the case when I go to a new place, I decided to check out the jazz scene in Calgary. I’ve never been here before, but am just finishing up two days here now and it’s been a good two days. These days, it’s getting easier and easier … Continue reading →

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Protected: Bids, classes, and more fleet rumors

By Varrin Swearingen | July 17, 2008 - 1:42 PM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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Fleet rumors

By Varrin Swearingen | July 15, 2008 - 8:31 AM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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Seems there are a lot of fleet rumors going around. So far, these all fall in the rumor department. We just had a bid increasing the MD-11 staffing which is probably related to rumors of getting more MD-11’s. One possible source I’ve heard is Varig Log, which makes good sense … Continue reading →

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Yet another eventful day

By Varrin Swearingen | July 4, 2008 - 10:31 PM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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I was supposed to go home yesterday (the 3rd), but there was apparently a sick call at work and they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse to take the trip. It was from Dover, DE to Leipzig. I wanted to make it home for fireworks (which it appears I … Continue reading →

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Stuff happens

By Varrin Swearingen | July 1, 2008 - 9:47 AM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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I thought it might be interesting to review the month’s flying from the standpoint of all the things that I’d call eventful. Eventful is the kind of day I prefer not to have when going flying. Boring and unmemorable is best. This month has been more eventful than boring. I’ve … Continue reading →

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More jazz in Leipzig

By Varrin Swearingen | July 1, 2008 - 7:03 AM |May 21, 2014 Music, Travel
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Last night I made it to the second place that I learned about with jazz in Leipzig. It’s called Cafe Protzendorf (translate with Google). They have live music on Monday nights. Usually, it’s a jazz jam session, but last night it was a special concert. It was hard to come … Continue reading →

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Work

By Varrin Swearingen | June 22, 2008 - 3:13 PM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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When I upgraded to Captain at Comair, I had a hunch that my great life as a senior F/O would be ruined. Indeed, I was right. But all’s well that ends well, I wound up with this job and that’s good. What I didn’t expect was for the job itself … Continue reading →

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Blues (sort of) in Leipzig

By Varrin Swearingen | June 20, 2008 - 3:46 PM |May 21, 2014 Music, Travel, Work
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I never found places to play in Osan, Korea, or Okinawa, Japan. Maybe I didn’t try hard enough. Or maybe there wasn’t much going on. When I started doing a lot of Anchorage flying, I didn’t immediately go find places to play. But eventually I did and it became my … Continue reading →

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World videos

By Varrin Swearingen | June 20, 2008 - 7:05 AM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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A flight attendant I recently flew with who works in the training department told me he had made some videos for inflight (flight attendant) training covering a lot of what goes into making a World Airways flight happen. There are three videos on youtube totalling about 30 minutes. They cover … Continue reading →

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Back to work + biggie review

By Varrin Swearingen | May 28, 2008 - 3:30 AM |May 21, 2014 Travel, Work
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I’m back to work again. I don’t have time now for the details, but here’s the overview, details to come later. Vacation went well. I’ll probably write more about it later. We saw lots of people and did lots of stuff. I had several days off after vacation and, much … Continue reading →

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