Hands off my Pilot, HO!

UGH!  I NEED TO VENT! Bf just rang to say goodnight… Some hostie (from a different UK airline also staying in the same hotel as his crew are), who will here on in be referred to as: ‘the cheap ho’ just tried it on with him… So, naturally, he told her about me and Baby, as a […]

Broken Planes

Bf rang me earlier, just after I had eaten my supper. He never normally rings me from abroad when he is in the middle of a mid-haul or short-haul flight, so I was pleasantly surprised, as he wasn’t due home until about 2am. “Hi Darling!” “Hi Darling, are you down route? You don’t normally call […]

Help!? My pilot is lusting after other women-on planes!

I had to write about this. It is kind of funny, but still gets to me a weenie bit! Bf keeps making comments about a few girls he keeps seeing at work occasionally… He comes home and raves about them. In fairness, I think he forgets that he’s already mentioned her/them… But then he’ll come home and tell […]

H is for ‘Hail Storms’

Bf was just showing me some old pictures of a damaged EasyJet 737 (see below) from Hail stones!!! I was stunned. He flippantly remarked that this is ‘exactly why you have a weather radar’. I am still in shock. So I decided to Google: ‘Hail damaged aeroplanes’, and have found several more examples of Jets […]

High jinks…what the cabin crew (and pilots) really get up to

This is the title of a news story I happened to come accross on the net just now… It makes for an uncomfortable read, but I thought I’d give my thoughts on it from things I’ve seen, and direct stories I’ve heard: “For most of us ordinary travellers, flying has become an utterly miserable experience. But […]

Aerobatics and Wing-Walking

This weekend was FAB! Bf and I took baby to see his parents. Whilst we were there, Bf had an aerobatics flying lesson that his parents bought him for his birthday. Baby and I went along to ‘watch’. Unfortunately, all we got to witness was his take off, as they were far clear of the […]

Pilot Fatigue (A poignant addendum to my last post)

Bf has just landed from a VERY short stay in the West Coast of the States. He left at 9am on Friday from one UK airport on his body clock flew the 9.5 hour trip there (arrived at his hotel late in the evening on his body clock, but early afternoon in the States), had less than 24 […]

Pilots and Homophobia

This morning I dropped Bf off at the airport at 7am. He was off to do a bullet Long-Haul trip (a trip where you fly there one day, and return the next without a clear day’s rest. This means that 3 pilots are required for the trip home instead of the usual 2, to allow for the […]

My 2 Cents on the Carbon Foot Print of Aviation

  It’s an issue that receives a great deal of media coverage at the moment. I am not going to get massively drawn into the aviation industry’s impact on the global carbon footprint debate, because My partner’s career, and our financial stability depend on this industry-along with thousands upon thousands of others, and People will […]

Classroom Folly

I had to drop Bf off for his refresher course this morning.  It was prior to the school run, so we bundled the whole family into the car for the ride. On the way, I said “Daddy’s going to be in a classroom today, just like you boys… Pilot’s never stop learning, do you Daddy?” […]