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June 22, 2022
A Passage to India Part 3
A Passage to India Part 3
A Passage to India Part 3 The Return Leg“Life never gives us what we want at the moment t...
June 15, 2022
A Passage to India Part 2
A Passage to India Part 2:
Cleared for Takeoff!
A Passage to India Part 2: ..."I want to see the real India."
E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
June 9, 2022
A Passage to India Part 1
A Passage to India Part 1
Pilots, this is it. This is the Big One. The one we’ve trained for our whole career!
Consider this the PhD, the Black Belt, the pièce de résistance of the airline industry: safely conducting one of the world’s longest commercial airline flights!
Folks, this month I’ve been schedul...
May 31, 2022
My Quorum Q&A Favs!
My Quorum Q@A Favs!
Ladies and Gents, from the Flight Blog, this is Cap’n Aux speaking.
I trust everyone enjoyed their 3-day Memorial Day weekend, full of friends, family, food and beverages, and some good ol’ recreational downtime.
...May 24, 2022
A Quora Aviation Q&A Quorum!
A Quora Aviation Q&A Quorum!
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about aviation but were afraid to ask!
Folks, I’ve been having gobs of fun over at my brand new Quora page, answering all your myriad aviation questions. As you probably know, Quora is a site where you can ask any expert anything about a...
May 12, 2022
A Month in the Life of Cap’n Aux
A Month in the Life of Cap’n Aux
Folks, in the past several posts, we’ve been talking about a pilot’s schedule. How trips are assigned and flown, how reserve works, and how a commuting pilot deals with the schedule s/he’s dealt.
In this post, we’ll put it all together by looking into an airline pilot’s ty...
April 27, 2022
Life as a Reserve Commuter Pilot
Life as a Reserve Commuter Pilot!
In our last post, we explored Life as a Pilot on Reserve. That is, a pilot who doesn’t have a pre-scheduled list of flights to fly. Instead...
April 13, 2022
Life as a Reserve Pilot
Life as a Reserve Pilot.
Folks, I gotta tell ya: as far as flying jobs go, I’ve had it mighty cushy this century.
I’ve had a relatively steady job, and a steady paycheck. I’ve flown a somewhat decent schedule, and—all in all—I’ve enjoyed the pilot job immensely.
Moreover, I’m still swooning over my new pos...
March 31, 2022
Aviation Acronym Extravaganza Part 2!
Aviation Acronym Extravaganza Part 2!
Folks, last week we had fun exploring some Aviation Acronyms from the FAR/AIM as well as Boeing. But, the two combined probably wouldn’t equal the acronym-happy Airbus fleet!
So, this week, let’s do a little exploration of those crazy ship builders from Toulouse, Fra...
March 24, 2022
Aviation Acronym Extravaganza Part 1!
Aviation Acronym Extravaganza Part 1!
Ladies and gents, from the Flight Blog, this is Cap’n Aux speaking.
By mucho popular demand, today we’ll explore even more EAA—No, not the “Experimental Aircraft Association,” but “Esoteric Aviation Acronyms!”
This post expanded so much that I had to break it down int...
