I’ve had my T-Mobile G1 for about 9 months now. For the most part I love it. Being able to use the Internet at 3G speeds is awesome. On issue though is tethering. What is tethering? Well tethering is being able to use my cell phone as a modem so I can browse the Internet [...]
I own a few stocks. Not many….just a few…okay 3. I bought shares of AMR, Orchid Biosciences and Expressjet last year. AMR and Expressjet are both aviation related companies. Orchid Biosciences is Kelli’s employer. Last summer I bought AMR around $9 a share, Orchid at $0.92 a share and Expressjet at $0.41 share. Since then [...]
I work in an industry that is 100% based on seniority. Whoever has been here the longest has a better quality of life. On the day I was hired each pilot was assigned a seniority number based on birthdate. Whoever was the oldest in my new hire class (about 35 pilots) got the next highest [...]
Music. Digital Music. Kelli and I together pay over $400 a year just to hear music. Kinda crazy eh? I thought so. We both have XM radios in our vehicles. We paid roughly $20 a month for both radios to receive programming. I only drive 11 miles to work. Roughly a 15 minute drive. If [...]
We are very used to non-rev travel. It’s how we get around. We are lucky that we live in a major Hub, have no kids and know how to pack efficiently. Last weekend was my last weekend off for a while. We wanted to take advantage of the time off so we headed to San [...]
This blog follows my day to day life at a major United States regional airline. I typically post 10-20 blogs a month. Prior to flying I spent 6 years in the IT world fixing computers and diagnosing/troubleshooting software. At age 29 I decided (along with prodding from my amazing wife) to do what I really wanted to do....fly. The journey has not been easy. This has been one of the most difficult transitions in my life. This has also been the most rewarding time of my life. I hope you enjoy my blogs.