Los Angeles – Flyin' Brian

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…
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…
I’m in Hollywood

As if by miracle, some innocent starry-eyed FO picked up two of my standups to Eugene, Oregon. So instead of deicing the wings and tail at 530am, I found myself sound asleep, attempting to make up for my sleep deficit for the three days prior. I now had nearly five days off in a row,…
Marina del Reeeeey

After being assigned a four day trip, which was abruptly cut to two thanks to the original pilot returning to pick up the remainder, I was able to at least snag this photo of Crater Lake while enroute from LAX to Vancouver. A nearby American Airlines pilot came over the radio and queried, “Seattle Center,…
Evading June Gloom

It has indeed been a few weeks since my last post, but there is good reason for this. No, I have not quit my job. Rather, I have been enjoying the fruits of my labor. I was able to take a week long trip to Japan, which I wrote about on my other blog. If you…
Ca$h Money Outing in Palo$ Verde$

My reserve schedule this month is not that great. The longest period of time I have off is this weekend with four consecutive days off. And keep in mind, I am still commuting from LA to Houston which cuts into one of the days. I landed Friday evening in not-so-sunny California where it had uncharacteristically…
Completing Week One in MSP

For my final day in Minneapolis, I drove to a place called Minnehaha Park. It claimed to have a waterfall, so I was intrigued. It was a bit blustery and overcast — not really ideal weather to be going for a stroll, but at 49 degrees, it is important to have perspective and remember that…
Manhattan & Hermosa

The stressful ordeal of yesterday’s driving made me appreciate my limited time (a whopping 24 hours) in Los Angeles that much more. Compared to Fresno, LA is like some kind of utopian paradise where people break into synchronized song and dance…almost. Being an outdoor kid, I had an itch to get out and enjoy the…
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…