Pilot_man’s Blog

Well its been awhile since I posted anything on here. I figured I would go ahead and catch everyone up on my shenanigans and hijinks. I finished Basic Indoc on dec 21st at around 9:00. I returned to the hotel to pick up my luggage and went back to the airport. I was through security and waiting for a flight at 9:30. As an airline pilot I get to have a few travel privileges. One being able to ride on almost any airline for cheap to free. Well the first flight out of ATL to DFW was an American Airlines flight. They were completely full so I didnt get out on that one. My friend Jamie and I were both trying to get to DFW and we finally got out around noon. When I got to DFW I tried to get on an American Eagle flight to TYR, they told me that I may not be able to get out on that one due to it being weight restricted (over weight). So I waited around and 3 passengers ended up not showing up for their flight so the gate agent told me if I still wanted to go I could board. After a quick little hop one of the family friends picked me up at TYR in his mooney and we flew down to PSN. Finally, 5 hours of airports and airplanes im home. I stayed at home for a little over a week. I hung around with friends mainly but it was good to take a break and visit.

I came back to ATL on New Years Day. The flight was one of the smoothest ive been on until we were making the descent into the airport. We started to get bumped around pretty good. The crew made a good landing despite the winds gusting up to 30 knots. I was able to talk one of my buddies from class into picking me up at the airport. Akro and I decided to run over to Flight Safety to check our company mail boxes. I ran inside and picked up our first airline pilot pay stubs! What a day haha. It was nice to see our names on this check with our airlines seal on it.

Later on through the week we decided to do some running around. We went out to akro’s neck of the woods, to check out Smisson Field. Smisson Field is a private airport with a huge house a few of us pilots are planning on renting. It truly is a pilot heaven. It has everything you could ever want to do. Swim in a lake or pool, play in a jacuzzi, work in the hangar, hunt in the woods, there is no end to what you can do. We also went to this airplane boneyard. That was one of the most interesting things I have seen. It was a little unnerving to see all these airplanes that have been totaled in accidents. Some of these airplanes were unidentifiable. We did see a whole bunch of things we wanted to get to make furniture and things with. We found a wing we were going to turn into a bar or table. I found some airline seats, as well as a few other things I think would look awesome in a pilots house. I didnt think I would like ATL, but I think its growing on me.

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