This is my first trip back flying since surgery two months ago. The last time I actually flew was in January. It feels good to get back into the swing of things, but they sure didn’t break me in easy. I’m in the middle of an eight-day stretch that contains … Continue reading
Two significant fatal aviation accidents occurred today. These add to a string of accidents over the past few months. There were two with no fatalities: Continental off the runway in Denver (many injuries), and USAirways in the Hudson River. Then there was the Colgan Air (Continental Connection) accident in Buffalo … Continue reading
I departed Manchester this morning for a week of recurrent training. When I went to go through security, I noticed the longer that usual line. There are two checkpoints in Manchester, one of which is really two checkpoints in close proximity to each other. Half of that checkpoint was closed … Continue reading
Here’s a poem I came across today: Last night as I lay sleeping I died .. or so it seemed, Then I went to heaven But only in my dream Up there St Peter met me Standing at the pearly gates, He said, ‘I must check your record… Please stand … Continue reading
I came out on this trip on Monday the 6th. It’s roughly half over now. Normally, I could say it’s had more ups and downs than the stock market, but the Dow set its biggest single day point gain ever while I’ve been on this trip, and it followed several … Continue reading
A lot happens before I ever jump in an airplane and go flying. I linked to some videos in a previous blog entry that a guy here at World made. The first one talks about sales, aircraft scheduling and so on. My involvement comes much later. But between sales and … Continue reading
I finished my first post-upgrade training event today. In addition to the annual training required for all pilots, Captains get to do 6-month checks. My sim session was today. I learned an important thing. The sim is just like the airplane, it breaks, too. Fortunately, they got it fixed in … Continue reading
Enough about politics. Time for some humor! This came from a friend of mine at work. A C-130 was lumbering along when a cocky F-16 flashed by. The jet jockey decided to show off. The fighter jock told the C-130 pilot, ‘watch this!’ and promptly went into a barrel roll … Continue reading
So early this morning the phone rang. I was up until 5ish (which would be 11 p.m. east coast time), so I was kinda irritated that the phone rang a little after 7. More importantly (and unfortunately), I wasn’t awake enough to realize I shouldn’t answer it. And I definitely … Continue reading
When someone commits a crime that damages someone else’s property, they are charged with that crime and (usually) forced to pay for the damages and often other costs. But what happens when government commits a crime? This week, it responded not by apologizing and paying for the damage it caused, … Continue reading
