Kayoh @ 190

August 30, 2010

Back in the Saddle

Filed under: Life's Struggles — Tags: , , — Andrea @ 6:27 pm

I lost my job on April Fool’s Day and now it appears that I am getting it back on Labor Day. Somebody has a sense of humor.

One week from today I will drive out to Phoenix for about a month and a half of training to be able to fly the friendly commercial airline skies again.

It is funny how bittersweet this all is. I am crazy super excited about having a steady paycheck again and the little things like people watching in airports and catching up on my reading are making me smile a bit. The trade-off for the paycheck is that I will be gone from home at least eighteen days per month. I rather got used to being at home :)

There are so many things that I have come to love and appreciate and so many wonderful memories that have been made over the last year and a half, all because I was unemployed. I also hope that because of this experience I have become a better person and will stay that way, foregoing the negativity that naturally lingers in the air when anywhere near an airport or airline employees.

I know I can be better and not so grumpy at work (yet to be seen). At the very least I should have some stories to tell in the near future.

March 21, 2009

Who Am I?

Filed under: Life's Struggles — Tags: , , — Andrea @ 12:21 pm


With only two days left in this journey, I am facing a bit of an identity crisis. This blog, I’m afraid, has been a bit neglected simply because what do I do with a blog from an airline pilot’s perspective once you strip away the airline pilot? Officially, my new title becomes “Furloughed Airline Pilot”….does that leave me with a nugget of my former identity?

The big question is now “In what direction do I take this blog?”.  Is a travel-less travel blog appropriate?

Ideas? Anyone?

February 20, 2009

It’s Official

Filed under: Travel — Tags: , — Andrea @ 5:18 pm


The mailman was kind enough to bring my certified letter from the company informing me that I am officially laid off on April 1st. April Fool’s Day????  Seriously?

Since then I have hit the ground running….on the phone, emailing, filling out job applications, sending out resumes, and of course, lest we not forget “Networking”. I have almost become a permanent fixture at the airport chatting with people I know, engaging the people I don’t know.

I am entering the end of one era, and the beginning of another. Should be interesting!

Anyone know of anyone hiring? :)

October 1, 2008

October 1, 2008

Filed under: Life's Struggles — Tags: , , , — Andrea @ 3:35 pm


Today, 57 of my fellow pilots were let go. Let go in a crazy world of corporate greed and bailouts. A world where there are no jobs unless you want to outsource yourself overseas. I feel for them and their families, and yet I sit here crossing my fingers and praying it won’t be me next.

I have spent the whole of my adult life chasing airplanes all over this great country, so now the question has to be asked….How far am I willing to go to chase airplanes? What other skills do I possess? Should I go back to school? If so, what for?  I ask myself these questions, and inevitably end up crossing my fingers and praying that at the end of the day, I will keep my job.

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