Worst weather, ever...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
Anyone else got the winter blues?


It's been cloudy and very warm here in 'Bama. 72 degrees out there right
now. IN THE MIDDLE IF JANUARY!

I miss the cold. So perhaps you should consider yourself lucky, Jay. It
could be 72 degrees up there, ya know.

--
Jim Fisher

I miss the cold. So perhaps you should consider yourself lucky, Jay. It
could be 72 degrees up there, ya know.

You really, really suck, Jim.

;-0
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jim Fisher wrote:

I miss the cold.

I see on the news that it hit 28 at Mobile last night. Happier now, Jim?

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Anyone else got the winter blues?

A good friend of mine flies for Northwest Airlines. Lest any private
pilots think that this lousy winter weather affects only us, allow me to
share the thoughts of my buddy who captains DC-9's. This email was
written on January 13 at a time when there was a huge cold front
extending from the Great Lakes all the way south to the Gulf. He is
based at DTW. One personal comment: The life of a career ATP is not as
glamorous as it otherwise may appear.

"Just arrived at VPS (Fort Walton Beach) at 1730 and it's raining like
crazy. Were staying at this hotel in some resort because all the hotels
down here are in renovations because of the hurricanes. We were
scheduled to arrive at 1100 hrs. but due to wx we been rescheduled 3
times on this three day trip. We call it line of sight crew scheduling.
Because of the flight delays and extra time spent in the air everybody's
running into 30hrs. in 7 day problems and turning into pumpkins. Last
week I was legal for 43 minutes so they Deadheaded me to Saginaw MI. to
fly the return leg because the other pilot could only fly to Saginaw.
The flight was legal because it was blocked for 42 minutes. The FAA
says that riding in the back with 100 other people is rest.

Well, guess who's been flying from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. Been
flying back and forth through this front all week. Just came from DTW to
Memphis to VPS. Yep right down through the middle of it. Strong TRW's
in January....go figure. Been in so many holding patterns I'm getting
dizzy.

Harrisburg (MDT) has had it share of fog lately. I flew in last
Thursday as part of my trip after a 9.7hr. hard fly day (8.2 hrs the day
before). They were calling it 1/2 mile 100 ft. obscured with fog and
drizzle. At decision height just picked up one strobe which allowed us
to go down another 100ft where we just saw the lead in lights to follow
to the runway lights. Just the kinda approach you want after a 14 hr.
day and 9.7 hrs. of flying. It's been like this the last 2 weeks."

A good friend of mine flies for Northwest Airlines. Lest any private
pilots think that this lousy winter weather affects only us, allow me to
share the thoughts of my buddy who captains DC-9's. This email was written
on January 13 at a time when there was a huge cold front extending from
the Great Lakes all the way south to the Gulf.

It was 38 degree rain here early yesterday morning.

It's now -12 Fahrenheit.

Gotta love the Midwest in January!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"