kelldragon

Okay, so the whole security thing is getting WAY out of hand. I'm one of the lucky ones since I actually do this shit for a living. We have to take our bags on the plane whenever we fly since a) we switch planes about 6 times a day and b) sometimes we don't even know where the hell we're going to be that night....
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Damn, this place is starting to get neglected between MySpace (the new crack of the world) and my other blog on an aviation site. Anyway, I'm totally done with all the training on the jet, and I'm officially a first officer now. Currently I'm sort of "on call," but hopefully next month I'll have an honest to god schedule.

The band is sort of on...
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Okay, massive new update. Well, maybe not MASSIVE.

Training scheduling finally got their heads out of their asses and got moving. So, I wound up flying around Detroit for the past several days. Exciting places like Lansing, MI, Moline, IL and Ft Wayne, IN were the locales of choice.

I finally got to see Chicago, or at least an aerial view and the airport. That...
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I hate training scheduling.

Wait, let me say that again. I FUCKING hate training scheduling.

So, I'm supposed to be done about the second week of may with all this simulator training. So, my first sim session gets cancelled and no one bothers to call me or my sim partner about it. So, we're hanging out at the simulator building for about an hour before...
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Wow. Just wow. I've been in this whole airline training thing for about two weeks, and I'm just now starting to get the hang of this. Training at an airline for pilots is a lot like being put in a chair, having a firehose aimed at your face and being told "Drink all the water and don't spill any."

Let's just say my new ride...
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Interesting developments over here. Looks like my days as a flight instructor will be over as of tomorrow, and my days as an AIRLINE PILOT will be starting on Monday.

A couple of weeks ago, I got an offer for an interview at a regional carrier in Houston, so I started studying my ass off and getting ready for that one. A couple of days...
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So, the whole band thing is going over pretty well. Still don't have a name yet, and our first show is coming up the first week of March. Any name suggestions will be considered, so if ya got 'em, send 'em. We're playing in a hangar at the Arlington airport, so that should be pretty cool.

Almost died twice again this weekend. Fate is telling...
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Damn. Between going home for the holidays, trying to drum up some more business and flying my ass off I haven't had much time to keep on things here. That, and I have another thing to detract from my time: I got roped into joining a band.

I've been missing playing in a band, so I was talking about it with one of my students....
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Ever wonder what the life of a charter pilot is like? So did I, until last Thursday. A friend of mine is the on-call charter pilot for a group of lawyers that own their own plane (it's a Piper Navajo for those that are curious, seats several passengers, two pilots, actually has a cabin and a wet bar in the back). So, he goes out...
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Okay, I swear I'm still here.

Last week's wonderful little winter weather knocked me out of about $500 thanks to all the cancelled flights. Wouldn't have been so bad if the temp had actually made it up above freezing the second day. Since it didn't, all the planes still had a nice little coating of ice on the wings. Ice on the wings = not...
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Not much new going on here. Still flying my ass off and waiting for a call from any airline that wants to hire me. So far I have 100% pass rate when it comes to sending students up for their checkrides with the FAA. 'Course that's subject to change at any moment. Never can tell with some of these examiners. I thought I was gonna...
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Run down on my past few weeks:

I still have 100% pass rate with my students for checkrides with the FAA. However, I think I might drop down on Wed. I've got one guy taking his check ride with an examiner that day, and he'll do fine, except for the fact that he freezes at crucial moments like engine failures. Not the best thing in...
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