Recent content by Spiff

I get to do what I love for a living, but it comes at a massive cost. The work rules are not very good, after most trips the minimum amount of rest I get per the FAA is 10 hours. The company can call me for a trip any time after that. Rinse and repeat for about 3 weeks. Things like exercise...

Last year was rough. At the time I was a flight instructor and was working maybe 5-10 hours a week. Flight schools were considered "educational" by my state's shelter in place order so we stayed open throughout 2020. But we lost a ton of business and was bleeding through my savings. I had...

Good question. Lately I've been trending towards sticking with cargo. It's generally less volatile than passenger ops, and there's a certain blue collar element to it that I get massive enjoyment from. Plus boxes and pallets don't care when I have a crunchy landing, LOL

I think there are psychological factors at play with this. My childhood was fairly isolated and with few opportunities for travel. Even the most monotonous activity was exciting and novel to me, like going to a new grocery store with my sister or something dumb like that. So the idea that I...

Reading, guitar and the gym take up most of my time. I've been more involved with reclusive activities since moving for work since I don't really know anyone in my new town. Moving by yourself to a new state is pretty weird.

>:( Your little shenanigans still rears its head when I try to log in

Thank you! It's definitely stressful sometimes. We say it's a job with hours of monotony followed by seconds of -OH MY EFFIN GOD PULL UP WTF

Active listeners pull on my heart strings.

Jelly filled are the best. Fight me

what's up PC, long time no see. I was a regular here during my college days as I lived in the middle of nowhere and had nothing else to do. Today I'm a captain for a cargo airline here in the US. I'm happy to see this place is still around. AMA

I had 1 penny in my savings account for so long that it became 2 pennies from interest.

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roadtripped last month. searched for buffalo in the black hills, climbed the grand tetons, hiked Angel's landing at Zion national park (sketchy, do not recommend), kayaked the provo river, dangled my feet over horseshoe bend, it was pretty wild. I'll be in virginia beach in July and hopefully...

my 1924 b&d silverbell #3 banjo. I inherited it from my great uncle who played dixieland jazz on a paddle wheel that went up and down the Mississippi river. he even jammed with Louis Armstrong a few times in New Orleans. I play it every once in a while but it just feels weird to be strumming...

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