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The Midway
After a considerable amount of time avoiding hotels, I seem to be finding myself in them quite often these days. In the past couple weeks, I have been in San Diego three times. This most recent one, however, actually occurred during daytime, so I could go out and explore a bit. I elected to check…
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Back in the Saddle
After much training and learning, I am finally out of Denver and on IOE (Initial Operating Experience). I’ve pretty much just been running the West Coast shuttle between Seattle, San Francisco, LA, and San Diego. As a whole I like the new plane. I feel like it gets more respect based solely on the fact that…
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Memorial Day Weekend in San Diego
My San Diego overnights are typically short, arriving in the evening and departing early in the morning. During this last four-day trip, I finally had a San Diego overnight of respectable length. Nicole even decided to join me by taking the short hop from LAX on American… in first class. Pretty swanky twenty minute flight…
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Iran meets San Diego
Today marked the first day that I flew the CRJ-700, the larger, more airplane-like version of the CRJ-200 I had been flying for the previous couple weeks. I had heard much buildup about how it is more difficult to land etc etc, but after my first landing in the plane ever, the passengers commented on…
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And the title of best bbq in Lindbergh Int’l Airport goes to . . .
No doubt at some point in your life, you have experienced a significant flight delay — most likely due to weather. After an early arrival from LAX to SAN, we were immediately notified of a ground delay in effect for our next leg from SAN to SFO. San Francisco has notoriously foggy weather and someone…
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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…
Flyin' Brian 