I'm a flight instructor and former airline pilot, currently working for your tax dollars as a developmental air traffic controller at the Washington ARTCC in Virginia. This is a personal blog, though as my archive will divulge, my sordid career in aviation leaks through quite a bit. I'm enjoy baseball, snark, and most recently the Big Sky Theory.
This blog is in no way affiliated with the FAA whatsoever. All content, opinions, etc., are mine unless otherwise noted.
The tranquility of a delay at 6am.
Sometimes when that alarm goes off at 3:30am, literally the only thing that gets me out of bed is thinking, “Maybe today I’ll get a pretty sunrise shot for the ol’ blog.”
Continuing my run of airport related food posts, Heidi’s in Denver has what must be the best Reuben west of the Mississippi. I plan my entire day around eating this sandwich if I’ve got a break in Denver, and oh man do I kill a lot of time in this airport. It’s in the sticks of the B concourse, out of the way but worth the trip. Just keep walking towards the increasing gate numbers and you can thank me later.
Crowded Fox alley for the dusk time push.
After waiting out a 2 hour ground stop in Duluth, my Fort Wayne turn canceled so I found a quiet place in Terminal 2 to watch the sunset. Leaving for Springfield in an hour and then drinks with username aerodromeinsight. Today sucked but it still beats sitting at a desk.
I’ve got 3 days off and I’m going home for the first time since Christmas Day. It’ll be nice to decompress a little and get away from the constant stress of training, if only for a few days.
2011: The year in airplanes (and airports).
Part 2 of my multi part series “I Work, Therefore I Deadhead.”
Sunrise in BTR, waiting for pax to board.
Hey, I work here!
Coincidentally I took this picture 3 days ago standing right underneath the ass of that airplane. Well maybe not THAT airplane… (fuckyeahairports/lazarocasanova)
(via fuckyeahairports)
O’Hare in motion.
The airport is an eerie place this time of night.
Also, in reference to my earlier post about the urban sprawl surrounding Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix, here’s a picture I took in June of 2008 from the northwest looking southeast.
Okay, last one. These clouds in Geneva are epic.
Awful, awful picture but that darkened airplane silhouette is the Pittsburgh Pirates parking in a pimped out Delta 737-800 for their weekend series with the Cardinals.
