It's been good times since I lost blogged...so heres we goes.
I guess i should start with my trip home. Of course, that was something like a month ago. I went home to Texas for a few days. Just to see some friends and go to a North Texas basketball game. Of course, I wound up having a knock-down-drag-out with my mother like always...I'll leave it at that.
I flew home after a couple days. Of course, getting home meant taking the jumpseat of a CRJ-700 from DFW to SLC. Well, only because I'm a nice guy...there were 2 seats left on the plane, but by taking the jumpseat, they were able to get 2 more standbys on (a woman and her young son)...who were extremely excited to get on the plane. Gotta be good to the other non-rev's when you can. It's non-rev karma.
It was my first time jumpseating in the jet. I called the office to find out if I could log the time since it was going to be almost 3 hours block (they said no...grrr). Flight crew was pretty cool, the F/O flew the leg. We encountered an interesting autopilot issue over the Rockies...very interesting to say the least.
When I got back to Utah, I was slated for a pretty full week or two of working. Of course, that started with a 0400 shift the day after getting back from Texas. I left the house a little earlier than usual for one reason or another. About 3 miles away from work, my front left tire blew out. BLEW OUT is more like it. BOOM! Took chunks of the bumper, the corner lights, the blinker, and dented the front fender. Talk about suck. The tire tread was wrapped around the axle. Took me 45 minutes to get the damn thing unwrapped and swapped for the donut. I went and dropped the money on replacing all four later that day. I still need a new blinker/bumper/etc. Ugghh...
Let's see...went through jet ground school the next week. 3 days of cramming something like 4 tons of info into our brains. Here we are, three weeks later, and I finally got my first day of jet on the job training yesterday. Talk about overwhelming. LOTS of stuff going on in comparison to the turboprops. My ass was so kicked after 10 hours on the jet yesterday, I came home...passed out around 1730 and didn't wake up til around 0700. That's alot of sleepin'. I have three more days of jets this week. I guess we'll see how I do tomorrow. Yesterday was rough because of storms in ORD...but really when are there not storms to deviate around.
I got a new laptop. I decided against the MacBook this time. Time will tell if that was a bad move, but I think my next one will be a Mac. I love Macs...I just wasn't ready to commit this time. If you're a computer idiot, then yeah...the Mac is a good move. However, if you know how to handle a Windows system's little problems and spyware issues...it's still not too bad of a choice. I just have too much tied into Windows programs. (Yes, I know I could run Windows with Parallels on a Mac.)
So far, I like my little HP. I got a TV Tuner card and have it running like a DVR. I got my Adobe Audition running...still trying to trouble shoot the microphone and integrated webcam issues. Vista hasn't crashed on me yet...still learning it's little idiosyncrasies. And I'm still testing alot of little things I haven't used in ages. And I am SO ready to drag this thing through TSA...hahaha. Yet more crap coming outta my bag when going through "security".
Let's see...what else. Oh yeah. I went to NYC with Courtney, a flight attendant friend of mine. We met up in Los Angeles...took the redeye up to JFK...spent the morning in New York...and came back that afternoon.
Never been there before...didn't spend much time there...but I really wanted/needed to go to the World Trade Center/Ground Zero. It was definitely worth the trip. Just the emotions and the feeling when you stand there. Tough to swallow. I had to walk away once because I was so choked up. Almost hurts physically to stand there for the first time and just think about things that happened there and the people on those aircraft. :(
Courtney brought her camera...here's some pics. The first one is the one that made me choke up the most...
Oh...and I got new glasses. Oakley frames...most expensive set of lenses I've ever bought...but I'll tell ya. The Crizal is frickin' worth the money. These suckers rock...as you can see below.
For future reference...when you have the opportunity to fly first-class in United Airlines' p.s. 757's from JFK-LAX...don't be a dumbass and give your seat to the girl that is 2 months junior to you on the seniority list just because she's having a bad day. You'll regret that decision when you settle in next to two other guys about your size back in coach...
So, I guess that's all for now. I have jet OJT again tomorrow. I think it's going to be a complete asswhip...but that's why I got into this job. I like having my ass kicked in the workplace.
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Current Music: Randy Rogers Band - This Time Around
1 comment:
You are such a good guy! There is no way I would have given up my 1st class seat for a coach! I went to NYC this summer and ground zero had such a wierd feeling when you went to it. You need to come and take Will and I flying with you! That would be awesome! Take care bud!
-Kalina
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