Flyin' Brian

Brian’s Day Out in Marfil

Where is Marfil you ask? Is that some new overnight? Well, I’ve been at this location probably 20 times in the last two months alone. Marfil is the technical location of the crew hotel for the Guanajuato overnight. The whole setup can be confusing because the airport is labeled as “Leon” on the departure boards, while…
A Relaxing Workday

After a stressful week during which Nicole and I had to figure out how we were going to move out of our current residence due to some pretty intense fumigation of the entire complex. With that and wedding planning stress building up, I had a trip with a long layover in Palm Springs and found…
BJX From New Eyes

Well here I am again in good old Guanajuato. For the first time since I’ve been coming down here, a few crewmembers expressed interest in going into town. If I must be honest, I kind of prefer to fly solo around here because I have a bit of a routine when I go into town,…
San Antonio for "Spring Break"

I’m a few days late in posting this, but I am … what’s the word . . . ah yes, lazy. Anyway, I once again had an overnight in San Antonio for the first time in a while. Unlike my previous visit in December, it was not cold and rainy. In fact, it was quite…
Las Momias!

Well here I am, back in Guanajuato, a UNESCO world heritage site, and home of the Museo de las Momias (the mummy museum). I had tried to go a few months back, but it was a Saturday and the lines were out of control just to buy tickets. As today is a Tuesday, I had…
Desert Snow Birds

It was an unusual flight to be on – Orlando to Phoenix considering neither place is our home, but it was a bit of a last minute decision to help Nicole with a bit of research for a script she is working on. On this flight, Olympian Michael Phelps was riding in first class. Nicole…
Wichita is Closed

For the first time since New Years Day of 2016, I found myself overnighting in Wichita, Kansas. On that previous visit, Nicole and I braved 20 degree temps as we remarked on how deserted downtown Wichita was. We assumed this was due to it being New Years Day. Flash forward two years and little has…
Remember the Alamo! . . . and a raincoat

Today marked my first overnight in San Antonio since I began working for the airlines. It’s somewhat surprising that it took this long, and it’s also unfortunate that just a few days ago it was 70 degrees and sunny here. For my visit, it would rain all day and peak at about 43 degrees. I…
Northwest Arkansas

I don’t have a lot of overnights these days because I bid for locals and red-eyes, so it was a bit of an anomaly to have a four-day trip pop up on my schedule. I was not looking forward to the overnights as they all had early morning shows, but I arrived around noon today…
Home for Thanksgiving

Well kids, it’s been a while. I have pretty good excuses for not blogging, however. One being that I was in foreign lands. You can read about all of that here. Beyond that, I have had very few overnights as I typically prefer either locals or redeyes. In fact, for the upcoming month of December, I…