Why did I think this was going to be a good idea? Oh yeah, shiny jets. The line for takeoff to Houston on Sunday night out of JFK was over 5 miles long. I think we were number 60-70 for takeoff at some point. We spent about two hours on the ground before takeoff. When…
All this week the Wings Like Eagles annual equestrian vaulting camp has been going on. This year we’re going to be having a second week of camp as well, so we can serve more kids. Vaulting is great because you can have a whole bunch of kids be in contact with only a few horses…
I’m sitting in my hotel room in ORF even though I should be sitting in the back of an ERJ to JFK. For whatever reason, we’re scheduled for a deadhead back to JFK, then a single leg to IAH tonight. It’s not looking like we’ll make it to IAH on time, even with the 3…
I talked to Berck tonight. His first flight yesterday from JFK to DFW he didn’t touch the controls at all, just talked on the radio. He said he felt eight steps behind whatever he was supposed to be doing. Today he actually flew. He said taking off was nothing like the sim. And then he…
Woohoo! (On Facebook). I’ve looked long and hard to find something else that will import data from crewtrac, but have not been successful. It doesn’t looks like I’m going to have much time off. Just enough to go home next week for two nights, I hope.