I’m not sure I’m actually ready, but I’ve been signed off IOE. I’m a real first officer now. And my employer has figured it out. I got in to IAD last night at some ridiculously late hour. I woke up, before my alarm, probably because my phone was vibrating. It was crew tracking to say that they’ve downgraded my previous trip from IAD-ATL then ATL-IAD to an ERJ, and I get to sleep in. So I rolled over and passed out. So much so that my phone vibrating for the next several hours didn’t wake me up. Which is a…
(08:18:01 AM) Jonah: When I came to bed last night, you rolled over and said, “You disappeared! I thought you went to get a fabulous…” (08:18:08 AM) Jonah: me: “Fabulous?” (08:18:19 AM) Jonah: “Rochester.” (08:18:26 AM) Jonah: me: “Rochester?” (08:18:36 AM) Jonah: “Rochester or somewhere else.” (08:18:41 AM) Jonah: and then you went back to sleep (08:18:55 AM) Berck: seriously? (08:19:07 AM) Jonah: Do you think I’m capable of making something like that up?
Born this morning, 7 lbs, 12 oz, and still no name. Justin says he looks like a Vaseline covered parrot. And he’s pretty unhappy at being out of the womb.
Here’s the newest addition to the ranch. She’s a Sicilian donkey Michele bought to guard the sheep. So far the only time she’s been near the sheep is when they come over to the fence where the horses are to graze (where Daisy likes to hang out). She came over to me when I went outside to show Berck, but not close enough for a pat. There are also some new sheep.
For those of you that seem fascinated by such things. Here’s the bit from the maintenance reposition taxi. You can hear my initial call to ground at 18:15, then I get chewed out around 19:40, then my captain sweet talks them at about 20:45. And here’s a normal call to ground trying to get out of JFK to BNA earlier that day. My initial call is at about 25:40, then he tells me to standby. Annoyingly, Comair 345 is next to me, calls up after me, and gets to taxi in front of me. That wasn’t fair. It takes a…