What a day

What a day yesterday! We started in ATL, pushed back and a cover promptly fell off a slide pack. Back to the gate for us. Now we were behind. We flew to CHS and back and were late departing and arriving in both places. Next we headed for DEN.

We got to overhead PUB and were put into holding due to a huge thunderstorm overhead DEN. (As a side note we also had the strangest holding pattern ever, holding on the 180 degree radial of the PUB 080/20 nm fix.). We talked to dispatch as fuel was running low and they tried to get us to hold longer for DEN. We didn't take the bait since there was serious weather between COS and DEN and COS was our alternate. We diverted to COS. We finally reached DEN after 2 hours on the ground in COS. So far this trip we have had one divert and one near divert...in 2 days!?!


- "Grace is the glory of God, not the merit of him who has been freed." Prosper of Aquitaine

Location:COS

Summer Flying (Is a Nightmare)

Day 12 out of 13 of flying today, ugh. Yesterday we went DTW to STL and back, then the calliope music started. We weee headed out to DCA and the (idiot) dispatcher gave me only the minimum fuel load. I called and talked to him about it and he said that there was no holding and no line up going into DCA. Yeah, right. We got over the top of ESL and ended up getting vectored away from DCA while we watched our fuel slowly burn away. I sent a message to the (idiot) dispatcher and he agreed that, if it came down to it, we would have to go to IAD. We came within about 300 to 400 pounds of doing so.

We landed in DCA and ended up waiting for 30 or 40 minutes fir a place to park. Needless to say, the terminal was a madhouse, wholly unsatisfactory to handle a day like this (Thunderstorms going through). There were people all over the place.

We ended up leaving for ATL about and hour late and arriving to the hotel after midnight. Another (yucky) day of summer flying.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I'm grateful to have a job in this environment. Just makes for long, difficult days.


- "Grace is the glory of God, not the merit of him who has been freed." Prosper of Aquitaine

Location:ATL

Lessons from 26 Years of Marriage

I posted this to John Shore's blog, but thought I would preserve it:

Lessons from 26 years of marriage (to an awesome woman – who yesterday went and picked fresh blueberries and made me blueberry pie…yeah, she’s awesome):

1. Great relationships take hard work
2. Great relationships take compromise from both sides
3. The ability to LISTEN and UNDERSTAND the other person is probably the best glue to keep a great relationship great.
4. If your significant other is a nitwit before you get married, they will be a nitwit after you get married. Dump him/her and move on before you screw up your life.
5. The absolute worst person to try and have a great relationship with is a selfish person. Dump him/her BEFORE you get married and move on before you screw up your life.
6. It is VERY possible to turn a horrible relationship into a GREAT relationship, but takes commitment and effort from both people.
7. My wife is AWESOME, SWEET, FUN, and ADORABLE, and occasionally INCOMPREHENSIBLE.