Wings Wednesday

Got the call this week from the assistant chief pilot and I was offered an upgrade class. I jumped at the chance to earn my 4th stripe and become a captain! So back into the classroom starting on the 10…

My company is desperate for pilots and was willing to pay up to 300% for FOs to show up over Thankgiving.  I ended up deciding that I would take them up on their offer and picked up a bunch of…

So, I’m in a quandary for this month.  The company is paying 300% to pick up flying at the end of the month.  I’m off for all of it, and the temptation to pick up flying is almost overwhelming. The…

The local store runs Pauper tournaments.  As part of this, I was contemplating several decks and as the first part had to decide how competitive I wanted to be. The ultra competitive would be to U/R Deep Hours Aggro.  The…

The hardest part of the job that I never expected is trying to find your car in the parking lot after being away on a 5 day trip!  Ever had that time when you couldn’t find your car in a…

I’ve been anxiously watching the pilot world and want to get into the action.  Endeavor Air just started offering a $20k a year retention bonus.  Several cargo airlines are hurting for pilots and I’ve been tempted to apply to Ameriflight…

“Airplanes do not fly because the FAA grants them approval to do so, but because our engineers and physicists have correctly determined what they need to do in order that steel might conquer air.” – Charles C. W. Cooke at National…

I was looking over my previous posts and realized that I never explained why I’m training toward my ATP. I should start out stating that I’m happy in the IT world and enjoy the challenges it presents.  There’s always a…

I never got around to posting it, but I passed my ATP written 2 weeks ago.  I got a very nice passing score of 94%. I really liked the Sheppard Air study course.  The program worked well and covered the…