Flyin' Brian

Your Airport is So Terrible, It gets a Second Post

First off, there are no photos with this post because taking pictures at Newark could quickly result in someone trying to fight you. My hatred for Newark’s Liberty Airport is not a well-kept secret. And yet somehow, amazingly, it continues to find new ways to disappoint me. I had just finished recurrent training in the…
Why Your Airport is . . . I’m Not Sure: Las Vegas Edition

McCarran Airport which serves Las Vegas has the distinction of being the USA’s eighth busiest airport in terms of passenger volume. This fact may not seem entirely impressive until you realize that Las Vegas is not a hub for any airline. While Allegiant has a very strong presence here, Allegiant is not a real airline…
Palm Springs One Year Later

Last year around this time, Nicole and I had some time off and listed ourselves on a Scandinavian flight to Copenhagen. We had plans to go see Norway and the Northern Lights. It never happened. Nicole very suddenly got sick and we canceled everything. We had two weeks off from work commitments, but it was…
Extended Sojourn in New Jersey

It was June. Restaurants were opening, children were laughing, birds were singing. Also, the virus was spreading at record speed. So needless to say, there was some conflicting messaging going on. When things first looked like they might be improving in early June, Nicole and I looked into going to the Azores in Portugal since…
The Covid

Since my last post, a lot has happened. Very quickly after returning on our (completely full) flight from Orlando back to Los Angeles, things began to shut down due to Covid19. California became the first state to issue a stay-at-home order. With shocking speed, the second biggest city in the country transformed into an unrecognizable…
USWNT in O-Town

In the last couple years, Nicole and I have lost count of how many times we have seen the U.S. Women’s National Team. We have seen them take on Chile, Belgium, and Canada in Los Angeles, and of course traveled to France to watch their World Cup opener. We are basically their best fans and…
Nicole visits the Lost Coast

As far as I know, this is only my second overnight in Eureka since I’ve been working for the airlines. The first time was way back during my IOE (training flights) for the CRJ. I was supposed to be in Eureka for double overnights about two months ago or so, but the fog that is…
Staying fit in Omaha

After narrowly getting on a flight from Newark back to Los Angeles, I flew again the next day on a 3-day trip that would leave me in Omaha for about 30 hours. Our hotel is the Even Hotel, a very niche hotel that seems to target the fitness-loving guest, or at least someone who fashions…
Vancouver & Surrey

It has been a busy month, and I find myself flying even when I’m not flying. Nicole’s movie got into a film festival in Vancouver, so we made an effort to attend. The nonrev game is not for everyone and a lot of legwork (literally) to get to Vancouver from LAX. Our first priority was…
Flyin’ Brian Reviews SFO’s eating options

I was supposed to be spending my first night of a four-day trip up in Eureka, California — home to Redwoods, Sasquatch, and presumably a large number of marijuana producers. I was supposed to be there for 30 full hours, spending two nights there and an entire day without flying. This, however, was not to…