Getting Started Flying is a dream for many people.  Personally it was a dream for me and now I am making a decent living doing it.  Below is a list of requirements and how to get started. The First Step Discovery Flight A Discovery flight is just what it sounds like.  Discovery flights are quick flights generally ar ..read more

¨It leaves you speechless than turns you into a story teller.¨ Become A Flight Attendant Being a flight attendant is one of the most rewarding occupations available today.  Get paid to travel.   As a flight attendant you are primarily in charge of safety.  Guest satisfaction is secondary but all part of the job ..read more

      In one of those slap your hand on your forehead moments I did it.  Guilty.  I have in the past been wrong many times, humbled, and yes accidentally stereotyped.  AND I did it again.  This time it was a good one.       Anyone who flies with me knows it drives me crazy when I get called the flight attendant.  It becomes an on going joke throughout the trip.  I cannot control this so I chose to laugh about it.      On my second day of a four day trip with an FO who was fantastically playful, down to earth, and my favorite characteristic…. sarcastic.  He didn’t take himself so serious which ..read more

I am the pilot! It happens on a recurring basis I often get mistaken for a flight attendant.  This particular day was no exception however it happened twice in one day. It is with adoration my interaction with these folks as its completely innocent and an opportunity to teach. On the phone with Central Load Planning..    My flight attendants are having trouble getting the computers to acknowledge the passenger count.  We are all boarded up and ready to go ready to shut the main cabin door.    I pick up the phone and call the company and speak with a fellow in Central Load Planning (CLP). Disc ..read more

Safety Is No Accident Bringing The Hammer Down.   This trip had a first for me.  Bringing the hammer down.   I have never had to do this as a Captain. For the record I HATE doing it.    Flying with me, I am not sure if its different or the same as the other guys.  It has to be a little different just because of my gender.  I like to have fun and do not take everything so serious. Sarcasm is my second language and it spoken fluently in my flight deck ..read more

  Admittingly it’s been way to long since I have written or even felt like writing.  Life just gets in the way. Sucks the creative energy out of you.  Tapping into some unexpected inspiration here I am. So there I was….. San Francisco at the gate enjoying my first officers sense of humor as we have just met and already tossing back the sarcasm and preparing to get the flight out. Typically, I would start a trip out of Seattle but this week unrelentless snow in the Pacific Northwest has rearranged our schedules and reeked havoc on the system. I was assigned a dead head from Seattle to San Fran ..read more

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