It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to Wiesbaden, Germany. Over the 7 years (as of tomorrow) that I’ve had this job, we’ve had layovers in Frankfurt very consistently (though I, personally, didn’t go there for large periods of time). Several years ago, the company experimented with laying us … Continue reading
A week ago, I returned to the United States after visiting Israel. That trip included a one-day holy land tour (Jerusalem and Bethlehem). Since that time, I’ve been pondering how to capture my thoughts. I’ve come to the conclusion that I should just start writing and see what happens. I’ll … Continue reading
I’m scheduled to go to DC-10 Captain upgrade training next month. Here’s a video showing how my last training event went: V-
Here’s the press release we’ve all been waiting for. No, I’m not going to fly the 747 anytime soon. I could have been one of the first F/O’s trained on it, but I’m going to Captain on the DC-10 instead. PEACHTREE CITY, GA, Dec 20, 2007 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) … Continue reading
I woke up in the middle of the night after only a few hours of sleep. Ahh the joys of jet lag. I did make it to Tel Aviv okay. About 10 of us on the crew wanted to do a holy land tour so we’re leaving at 8:00 a.m. … Continue reading
After all the political content, I suppose it’s time to get back to the traveling life. This coming week, I’ll take my first trip to Israel. That will be the third new country I’ve visited this year (India and Switzerland got checked off earlier this year). It’s Christmas time so … Continue reading
My first experience with 30+ hour air travel days was in 1992 when I went to Borneo. We left Fresno, connected in Los Angeles, then Honolulu, Biak, Denpesar, Jakarta (plane change), and finally arrived in Pontianik in West Kalimantan over 30 hours later. That was a pretty tough day, as … Continue reading
I never thought I’d utter such a phrase. Neither the stereotypes nor even the facts of flying in Chinese airspace would tend to lend itself to such a comment, but I was rather relieved tonight to be done with Myanmar. From the moment I checked on, I was thinking “I’d … Continue reading
The fate of Mr. Hat now enables me to put an intuitive name on an entire branch of philosophy known to me to exist but heretofore unnamed. It will, today, be called the hat philosophy. So what does the fate of Mr. Hat have to do with philosophy anyway? Before … Continue reading
I’m off today to start four days of commercial travel to get to my airplane. Today (and tomorrow), I fly from home to DC to London, then tomorrow night to Bahrain, then Abu Dhabi, getting in the next day. All that to fly the following day to Shanghai. This will … Continue reading
