I have said before that many a holiday is spent on the road and in the company of coworkers.  Special occasions become as great as you make them.  Being on call this month has been a big adjustment not only has it meant that I am at the beck and call of crew scheduling.  It(…)

I try to figure out what it is about a city that captures my heart.  Is it the heartbeat/ vibe of the streets, or the pace at which the locals go about their daily life?  Perhaps it’s the scenery, natural, man-made or both?  I am told I have a lot of favourite cities. Looking back(…)

Sitting on reserve has so far meant a fair amount of sitting.  I had to get out of the house on my days off and the weather was beautiful.  A local ice cream parlour was beckoning with its promise of summer.  There are a few places that those who grew up in Calgary remember fondly(…)

This month my schedule is going to be a lot different than it has been in recent history. I am going to be on call or reserve as some airlines call it, for the whole month of June.  Some carriers have a 24 hour on call system for many days in a row; some have(…)

Stymied by the weather upon my early afternoon arrival in Montreal my plans went out the window. It was a warm day but a rainy one. I had intended to head down to the largest of the outdoor Markets, Jean Talon, which would have been open but I didn’t have any desire to shop for(…)

Shopped!! Big time. Good thing it was payday weekend.  I bought lots of summer clothes, all on sale. I was back at the South Bay Galleria in Torrance, LA. One of my favourite stores is Kohl’s.  When they do their Kohl’s cash promotion it is well worth stopping for me. We could not go to(…)

I prefer longer layovers to shorter ones but often I do not have a choice.  On some trips or pairings, as we call groups of flights, the two get lumped together.  Tonight the stay in Newark was one of the shortest ones we can do, less than 11 hours between flights, leaving little time to get(…)

I have said before that many a holiday is spent on the road and in the company of coworkers.  Special occasions become as great as you make them.  Being on call this month has been a big adjustment not only has it meant that I am at the beck and call of crew scheduling.  It(…)

I try to figure out what it is about a city that captures my heart.  Is it the heartbeat/ vibe of the streets, or the pace at which the locals go about their daily life?  Perhaps it’s the scenery, natural, man-made or both?  I am told I have a lot of favourite cities. Looking back(…)

Sitting on reserve has so far meant a fair amount of sitting.  I had to get out of the house on my days off and the weather was beautiful.  A local ice cream parlour was beckoning with its promise of summer.  There are a few places that those who grew up in Calgary remember fondly(…)

This month my schedule is going to be a lot different than it has been in recent history. I am going to be on call or reserve as some airlines call it, for the whole month of June.  Some carriers have a 24 hour on call system for many days in a row; some have(…)

Stymied by the weather upon my early afternoon arrival in Montreal my plans went out the window. It was a warm day but a rainy one. I had intended to head down to the largest of the outdoor Markets, Jean Talon, which would have been open but I didn’t have any desire to shop for(…)

Shopped!! Big time. Good thing it was payday weekend.  I bought lots of summer clothes, all on sale. I was back at the South Bay Galleria in Torrance, LA. One of my favourite stores is Kohl’s.  When they do their Kohl’s cash promotion it is well worth stopping for me. We could not go to(…)

I prefer longer layovers to shorter ones but often I do not have a choice.  On some trips or pairings, as we call groups of flights, the two get lumped together.  Tonight the stay in Newark was one of the shortest ones we can do, less than 11 hours between flights, leaving little time to get(…)