http://30west.flyblog.com Flyblog.com Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:19:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Deep ThoughtsJust finished another six day trip and did a short one-day recurrent training event thereafter in Atlanta. There's been a lot of upward movement at the company, many people getting their first captain's seat, A LOT junior to me which gave me a little pause. Domestic captain or international FO? By the ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/11/28/deep-thoughtsrecurrenttriple-seven-trivia/ Yet again, it's been a while since my last update. But there's a couple of new areas of operation that I'd like to talk about. This month, I've flown to both Accra, Ghana and Moscow, Russia. Let's start with Accra first. Flying from New York to Accra, you're pretty far south of ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/09/24/accra-ghana-and-moscow/ Ok, so I've been a little derelict the last month or so with updating the blog. I apologize. Since I've 'popped the international cherry' and gotten much more comfortable with operation and know what the hell I'm doing now, well, mostly at least, I'll walk you through an oceanic crossing. I'm JFK-based so ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/08/19/been-a-while-but-im-back/ We're a little delayed out of Frankfurt this morning. The international hotels will either give you a delay notification through the television messaging system (like Weisbaden) or with a note underneath your door about the amended pick up time. Primarily, since the flight is so long and sometimes your ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/06/15/back-to-the-usa/ The other crossing to Frankfurt went well. With each oceanic 'coast in' and 'coast out', I'm starting to feel a lot more comfortable with the procedures and I think I'll stop telling the other pilots that "Hey! I'm new!" and probably just go with the flow. On the way to ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/06/14/second-crossing-to-frankfurt/ The next day started out with a mid-morning suprise. We were going to be delayed for eight hours because of a late inbound flight, so I was able to go into Wiesbaden during the day and explore the town. Wiesbaden is an interesting town because a few parts of ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/06/12/frankly-late-from-frankfurt-and-more/ So this is my first flight post "training-wheels" with two regular pilots and a regular operation. Naturally, JFK was a mess departing, but after some negotiation we were able to push back and start the engines within about 30 mins. The flight across the Atlantic was significantly easier as I had some ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/06/10/19/ The trip to Madrid was my final TOE trip with a check airman. Being the final phase in training after a month of 757/767 school, a domestic IOE and already having a single oceanic crossing under my belt, I felt there was more pressure because there was really no ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/05/29/madrid-to-and-fro/ Strangely, even after having done my first transoceanic leg, the trip back to the United States was even more challenging. The day started out with sending Kristie on her way to the airport, which you can read about on her blog, but she wasn't able to ride with the crew to ... http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/05/23/the-way-back/ Kristie joined me and wrote about her experiences on Jetgirls.net: http://forums.jetgirls.net/showthread.php?t=14644 http://30west.flyblog.com/2007/05/21/and-if-you-want-another-perspective-2/