Bored Pilots

Props to Rant Air for finding this...it's hilarious!

Tricked ya' didn't I?

Ha! You thought I was gonna go a whole month without posting didn't you?!?!

Things have been great...still working like crazy but loving every min. of it. I've had Kalispell overnights this month (which I absolutely love) as well as Chicago.


I'm working 2 day trips back to back but it might as well just be a 4 day trip b/c on the 2nd day I get home around 10:30pm and then I have to leave my house again at 6:30am the next morning. I've discovered a great new place to hang out in Kalispell called Red's (Red's, Wines and Blues). It's a great atmosphere, they have excellent food and an endless wine list...what more could you ask for?

Besides for work, life has been good. Let's see...I spent a night up in the mountains with a friend of mine...it actually started snowing even though we had been in shorts and a t-shirt earlier that day in town!

Me and my roomies (J & H) just went out the other night to celebrate H's 30th birthday! That's right...she's officially J's 'old lady' or so we like to tease her! We went to Rock Bottom Brewery here in town and it was excellent as always.

That's about all on the fun list...the rest of my 'off' time has been spent doing spring cleaning, mowing the lawn, doing way too much laundry and all those other fun chores that us adults are responsible for.

Some thoughts I've had during the last month that ya'll might enjoy...

1. Don't hire a security guard at the airport if he acts like this...

LOL!!!!!!!! Can you believe it? Me and my crew were laughing so hard I could hardly hold still to get the damn picture!

2. Don't be mad at the airlines (or the flight attendant) if you are out of shape!

If you fly into the nation's busiest airport (Chicago O'hare) to connect to a town that has less than 350,000 people living there, don't be surprised if you have to change terminals to go from a 'mainline' flight to a 'regional' flight. They don't fly the 777 into places like Appleton, WI and they also don't park the 777 and the Regional Jet right next to one another on the ramp. If you are making a connecting flight...Rule of thumb...you should give yourself at least 1 hour to get from one aircraft to another. This is helpful when things such as delays or terminal changes occur (not uncommon occurrences at O'Hare) still alloying you enough time to make your connection. All this being said, you can't run onto an airplane and gripe to the flight attendant about how your never flying this airline again because you had to go from Terminal C to F in less than 30 min and expect the flight attendant to feel sorry for you because your out of breath and sweating. What did you expect? Common sense folks...your the one that booked your flight, not me!

3. Don't yell at the flight attendant when the air conditioning on the airplane isn't working right. I promise I don't have some secret cooling vest designed by NASA to keep me from experiencing uncomfortable temperatures that may be experienced in the cabin by anyone else. Seriously ya'll! Can't you see I'm miserable too?!?! You think I'm having a blast sweating my butt off and having to serve you soda after I've been on the hot airplane for the last 3 legs?

4. Number four is very simple. If you haven't showered in the last 3 days or more, don't be surprised if you are denied boarding because of passenger complaints regarding your offensive body odor!

Ok...I'm done venting. :) It's time for a glass of wine and grilled salmon for dinner! YUMMY! Hope ya'll are well!