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I haven’t said because I don’t know.

The next step is Initial Operating Experience (IOE). This is where I go fly a real CRJ-900 with real passengers in the back, but with an “IOE Check Airman” qualified Captain. Since I’ve never actually flown the plane, the FAA requires that I spend at least 25 hours on IOE. I’m required to demonstrate certain items, and the Captain will sign off my folder after each flight. After the check airman thinks that I’ve got a handle on things, he’ll sign me off, and I’ll be a “normal” first officer.

I hope I get called soon for a couple of reasons. One of them is 14 CFR §121.434 which says that I have to fly 100 hours in the airplane within 120 days of completing my Proficiency Check (the checkride I just passed). So if I don’t get 100 hours by August 27, then I’m going to have to go take the checkride again. I’m not anticipating that this will be an issue, but given the glacial pace of my training so far, who knows.

In other news, Mesa has settled the lawsuit with Hawaiian. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad, but I do find it a bit surprising. Mesa Air Group’s stock is back up to around $1/share today, which is an improvement.

The big worry is the Delta issue, and we won’t know anything about that until the end of the month. I’m not sure how it will affect me or Mesa, but if they lose the contract, it won’t be good.

My best guess for when I’ll actually get to fly is probably first week of June, given how long it’s taken folks in my class so far, but that’s purely wild speculation on my part. They could call me tomorrow or wait until July.

In the mean time, I’m back in Colorado playing Scrabble on Facebook…

Nachzen.net was unavailable last night because I’m silly. It turns out that amusing things happens when you build a DNS server and DHCP server on different boxes, and then list the hostnames in the DHCP server table. It turns out that the DHCP server won’t start until it can resolve the hostnames, which will never happen when the DNS server is busy asking the DHCP server what it’s IP address is.

The amusing thing is, it’s been set up this way for a very long time, but I’ve never turned both machines off and back on at the same time. As long as the other one was already up, things were good. I turned them off last night to service a UPS that was complaining about its battery.

Two of my bosses’ sons got selected as regional finalists in the prestigious White House Fellows program. Today they found out that they were not selected as national finalists.

So Max will be moving down to Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL in May, and Eli doesn’t know what he’ll do after the Olympics in August. He may start up his own business. He’s out of the Air Force currently on active duty reserve training full time in Modern Pentathlon.

A recent study indicates that pregnant women should eat chocolate… every day

Editor’s Note:

I would like to point out to everyone, who seems to think I’m expecting because of the above post, that I’m not. I have a track record of pointing out the virtues of chocolate, and this particular study seemed extremely important, especially since I know people who would benefit immediately from this news. Eating dark chocolate every day will lengthen your life, yes, but you have to go through the trouble of eating it every day for the rest of your life. This study shows immense benefit of eating chocolate 5 times a week only through the duration of your pregnancy, which is only a few months.

After posting this, I decided the message of the article was so important I then e-mailed it to all the pregnant people I care about as well.

I can assure you all that, if one of these days I do find myself with child, I will dutifully eat chocolate every day.

And pickles.