Now on to an airplane that sucks and blows...

Well, after 8 months with SkyWest, I'm transitioning over to the CRJ (Canadair Regional Jet). This is kinda unusual, as SkyWest has what's called a "seat lock" in place, meaning that whatever airplane you start out in, you're "locked" into that airplane until a year is up. Well, they need CRJ pilots so badly, that they're releasing people out of their seat locks early. So this means I get to transition sooner!

I'm excited to start ground school tomorrow. I'm sure that it'll be challenging, but I'm not as worried about it as I was the first time going through, cause now I know what to expect. A bunch of people who were in ground school with me when we were new hires are also going through transition with me, so I'll know a bunch of people in class already.

Today was mostly filled with running errands, especially getting food. I'll hold a regular schedule for about 3 weeks now, (8-5 Mon-Fri) so I'll actually be home to eat dinner. So I needed to get food to eat! Class starts tomorrow at 8 am, I'll write again soon to let people know how it's going!

The two pictures above were taken on Saturday, when I got back from my last trip in the Brasilia. The first picture you see is the flight deck of the Brasilia, my "office" so to speak, for the last 8 months, and yes, I do know what all those switches, knobs, buttons and gauges mean/do.

Seeing the world through rose colored glasses

It's been awhile since I've posted, and I suppose it's about time again. After spending a wonderful 10 days in Florida/St. Paul, it was inevitably time to go back to work. I flew a four day trip with a pretty cool crew, and got back in town on the night of the 8th, just in time to see Ben and Alison one last time, or so I thought.

Ben and Alison are moving back to the Cities, as the job market here stinks. I can't blame them. Anyway, I called them on Monday night and they said they weren't anywhere close to being ready to go. I spent most of Tuesday (Happy Birthday Drew) helping them load up their trailers, and bid farewell to them that night. They called me the next morning. They were still here. Apparently the weather decided to turn foul in Idaho and Montana, so they stayed another day. I said goodbye to them again that night. They called the next morning. The weather was now in SLC, and most of yesterday was a slippery mess. I bid them a final farewell last night, and they should be well on their way by now.

I have a couple of trips left this month, then I transition over to the jet. Yay! I have alot of limitations and emergency procedures to memorize by the 29th of January!

One more thing - I have glasses. Got them yesterday. Look pretty good in them I must say. My distant vision is just not quite what it should be, so I needed to get them so I could pass my aviation medical that I have coming up in Feb. I'll take some pictures and post them when I can!