Ahhh, Sunrise
This is not the best picture, but it was an unusually clear as we coasted in over France this morning. This is the Golf De St. Malo and some French cities include, Brest, Marlaix and St. Brieuc. Sunrise made the end of the flight pass more quickly especially as we were vectored along the French coast.
It had been a long night of flying after a stressful drive to work on Monday.
It was snowing yesterday in NH, but nothing shocking. I managed to misread the school cancellations online and thought my kids were staying home. Later as I drove to work, my husband called to say that he drove them to school late. The elementary school called to see how Raymond was feeling since he hadn't come to school. OOPS!!!
Anyway, I thought the road conditions would improve as I drove south. Wrong! The roads got steadily worse and I saw several cars off the road. I even saw a big state snow plow truck/sander overturned on the side of the highway! As I reached the Massachusetts border, I called Cranky and asked him to check the NY flights for me. Everything was getting cancelled! Traffic came to a complete stop and I watched a tractor trailer slide off the road behind me and jack-knife into the ditch. Why was I still driving to Boston?!
I finally got to Logan airport (a three and a half hour drive!) and managed to be one of the last people to board the 12:30 shuttle to LGA. We got to NY at 3:00 pm and I took a car over to JFK. Thank goodness I didn't need to be there until 6:00!
The flight to Paris was uneventful and tomorrow we head to Bombay.
I'll be glad when I get home -- hopefully the weather will cooperate!
posted by Notsocranky Yankee at 4:53 PM
10 Comments:
Good Lord! What you call a commute, most of us call a full day!
And that picture's actually quite stunning.
Yeharr
oooo pretty!!!
BP has it down pat.
Cool pic.
nice pic *S*
hard for me to believe Minnesota has nicer weather this winter than you folks
What happens when a pilot calls in to work sick? Or, in your case, if you get stuck in bad weather and can't make it at the last minute? Do they just shuffle people around to try and cover? I can't really imagine a substitute network of pilots on call like the one that exists for teachers.
Jessica:
We have pilots on "reserve" for each pilot base. These are the most junior pilots in their position (captain or first officer) and aircraft type. As far as last minute needs, several of the pilots on reserve are placed on "short call" which means they can be at the airport within 2 hours. I live in NH so when I was on short call I went to NY and hung around waiting to be called. Luckily, I've moved up a bit and don't do that anymore.
If they don't have anybody available on reserve, the schedulers call pilots who have said they would fly for extra pay. If they still can't find anybody, they start calling people on their day off to "assign" the trip. Pilots generally cannot refuse the trip. (can you say caller ID?) Schedulers have also been known to hand out "assignments" at the gate as the airplane pulls in.
It can get a little crazy during holidays when people do not want to lose their days off. We don't get paid extra for weekends and holidays and schedules are given based on seniority. That's why I was flying over Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. I'm grateful my family is so understanding (although I got no camplaints from my kids when Santa had to come on Dec. 23rd!)
What a gorgeous picture. Wish *I* had your gig!!!
BTW, you're in my blogroll now. ;o)
Thanks for the thorough answers. Flying over both major holidays would be very tough; hopefully this year will be better. Safe travels!
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