Zach called me at noon today to tell me that my stage check wasn’t going to be today afterall. It’s supposedly tomorrow at 3pm. I’m not going to hold my breath. Joanna says that I’ve given her my allergies, so it’s probably a cold. She’s probably right. I felt worse today. I spent most of the day reading. This endless game of hurry up and wait drives me crazy. I work like crazy for a week, only so they can dawdle about scheduling my stage checks. I haven’t done anything since Friday.
My allergies have been acting up this weekend, so I haven’t been feeling great. Today was better than yesterday. Yesterday, I went to the pharmacy to buy some pseudophedrine. It seems that in the state of Oklahoma, purchasing Sudafed is almost as hard as getting narcotics. You don’t need a prescription, but you do need a background check. Apparently it’s an ingredient used in the manufacturing of crystal meth. And apparently the state of Oklahoma thinks that making it difficult to get will do something about the “drug problem”. So far all it’s done is increased meth traffic 300% between…
I’m studying for the FAA Instrument Written exam. It’s driving me crazy. While reading this question, I was thoroughly amused by the ridiculous number of acronyms in this one question and its possible answers. How does a pilot determine if DME is available on an ILS/LOC? A– IAP indicate DME/TACAN channel in LOC frequency box. B– LOC/DME are indicated on en route low altitude frequency box. C– LOC/DME frequencies available in the AIM.