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
If I get ambitious, I’ll post more details later… and I should… But the short version goes something like this. I had a few days off at home. They were really busy. We went to Porc Fest. It was fabulous except for the part about spending most of it sick … Continue reading
I’m heading home this morning from my first post-OE trip. It had its moments. One of the stories is of a nature that I really can’t publish it for fear of all sorts of undesirable consequences for myself and others. And it’s one of those kinds of things that people … Continue reading
I started my first post-OE trip a couple days ago. It’s been a typical World adventure so far. Tuesday, I went to the airport for a 6:00 p.m. departure from Manchester to Philadelphia to Norfolk. On the way to Philly, we diverted to Allentown for weather (to get more fuel). … Continue reading
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
Well, it’s finally finished. I’ve completed the colossal checklist of training items required to be released to the line as a regular line pilot. The trip from Hawaii to California to Atlanta completed my OE and line check which were the last items remaining. The next time I go fly, … Continue reading
Next week, the fam and I are going on a vacation of sorts. I’m not sure how many people make a family vacation out of a visit with a terminally ill friend, but that’s exactly what we’re doing. When I finished up my type rating, the forecast for going out … Continue reading
I made it home from my first trip in the left seat of the DC-10. It had its challenges but we all made it to the end. The trip started out with a delay. That landing I previously blogged about actually happened about 16 hours or so later than it … Continue reading
I’m not always good at remembering dates. In fact, I’m pretty bad at it, so I’m happy that God has been smiling on me all these years and keeping the number of dates down to a minimum. And I even get some nice reminders, from time to time. Our kids … Continue reading
Tomorrow, I’ll head back to work again. This time, it’ll be to actually fly an airplane (woo hoo)! Specifically, it’ll be to fly my first trip as a Captain in the DC-10. It has some domestic flying in it, as well as an Atlantic crossing (Baltimore to Leipzig, Germany, to … Continue reading
