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Playing Cricket in San Antonio
As I met Nicole at the Culver City Which-Wich during her lunch break on Friday, the people around us must have been confused. “Well we can get to San José, but we can’t get back.” “Phoenix is a no go. Overbooked.” “Everyone’s going to Las Vegas this weekend, so that’s out.” “Hotels in Monterey are…
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Hollywood Nights
Although Los Angeles is my home base and I don’t technically travel to get there, I felt it was unfair to leave it out because much can be learned. After all, movies and reality tv perpetuate numerous myths about this town such as 1) LA is hot year round. 2) Celebrity sightings happen all the…
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Houston: Attempting to befriend a 3 year old.
When your entire family is spread across three different time zones, getting everyone together in the same spot can prove difficult. An opportunity presented itself this week, so on a whim, I hopped a plane to Houston to see my parents and my sister at the same time. As a package deal with my sister, I…
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San Diego
The estimated time between my checkride and my IOE (when I actually start flying the plane) is three weeks. By my best guess, I figure I won’t start for another week or so. That being said, I’ve been out of the simulator for over a week and since I don’t really have anything to do…
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Kauai continued . . .
Most people we encountered seemed to fit into one of two categories: time-share owning retirees and younger couples on their honeymoon. There did not seem to be a strong contingent of 30 hour turnaround visitors. And that’s for good reason. If you are paying for a trip to Hawaii, you probably want to take your…
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30 hours in Kauai
Each time an airline pilot is given a new domicile, they are guaranteed four “moving days” to relocate to their new base city. This is really just a ruse. First, who is actually capable of uprooting their lives and getting established in a new city in four days? Second, these moving days are flexible, so…
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Salt Lake City
It took me about two months to complete all my initial jet training as I bounced between Salt Lake City and Atlanta. From now on, I will find myself in Salt Lake once a year until I retire or change airlines. Airline pilots are continually evaluated each year and can be terminated at any time…
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Out and Back to SFO
At the completion of my simulator training in Atlanta, I wanted to go somewhere that was close, easy, and free. San Francisco is far enough away to make flying for an hour much more advantageous over sitting in traffic for 6 hours one way. I had not been there since the infamous San Francisco marathon…
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Initial Sim Training in ATL
Prior to getting assigned Atlanta for training, my only other experience there was going 70mph in the carpool lane enroute to Orlando. Unfortunately for me, there were not many opportunities to explore the area beyond Hapeville (the town on the north edge of the airport). While I could tell you all about the nearest Schlotzky’s…
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