Sep 17, 2014 – Low end reserve trip
This post describes a no-so-optimal reserve trip. Two dead-heads and just two legs of flying; with an over night in Ithaca and a 4.5 hour layover on the way home.…
Sept 11, 2014 – Steppin’ up my game
The race is long, and in the end, it is only with yourself. I will try to convey my excitement in advancing my skills in the Dash-8, with a humble…
August 26, 2014 – Supervised Experience
August 26, 2014 – Moving from Network Operations to Flight Operations. As many of you know, my wife and I made a significant decision this past June. At the time…
August 18, 2014 – Few Days Off
My supervised operating experience training is continuing normally from what I can tell. My SOE Captain is smooth and very fast. I am learning something with every flight and continually…
August 8, 2014 – Piedmont Airlines Dash-8 Supervised Operational Experience Begins
On the first day – I flew five legs with an established crew. The first four I was there to observe from the jump seat. On the last leg –…
August 6, 2014 – Piedmont Airlines Dash-8 Type Rating Achieved
From mid-June, 2014 to Aug 5, 2014, I lived in a hotel in Charlotte and worked very closely with a class of pilots that were new to the Dash-8 airplane…
June 16, 2014 Exciting changes have taken place….
There has been a tremendous amount of change coming our way recently. I’ve been preparing to fly the King Air C-90 for starters. That whetted my appetite for learning something…
May 2nd, 2014 Getting true utilization out of my twin – and some weather flying
I had to the opportunity to use my PA30 to fly to a GE Technical Users Conference this past week. Beverly came with me this time – mostly to get…
March 27-29, 2014 (Thurs-Sat) SIMCOM Training
Just to rewind slightly – usually I find something to do in a warm place related to aviation in the month of February. That has historically been the point of…
March 26, 2014 (Wednesday) On the way to SIMCOM
Outstanding visit to Cherry Pocket. I’m down here in Orlando taking the SIMCOM course for the C-90. Two other pilots are with me, and I’m tagging along in their car.…