Howdy folks!
Well I completed my first week of training thankfully only one more week to go. Our training hours are Tues through Fri 11:30 to 21:30. Yes that's right 10 hour days. AWESOME right? Not so much. Although it is great to be back to work, I just am not a fan of long days. On the other hand it is nice to have 3 days off a week. Anyway back to training, it isn't the most exciting thing in the world but what training program is right? We have been covering things like the pilot and flight attendant contracts, as well as many other things such as what is required of us as schedulers. I work in the OCC or operations control center that is the area responsible for running the airline. It has all the important people that are involved in the operation that aren't on the front line like pilots and flight attendants. In the OCC we have dispatchers, schedulers, sector managers, maintenance control, flight control, as well as some other positions. I tell you coming from being a pilot and only seeing how the operation is run from the terminal, I now have a new look on the operation. I have definitely learned a lot and so far everyone I have met is super nice. I am looking forward to my time in the OCC and will enjoy it until I get the chance to go back to fly. I dearly miss flying but I will make the most of being grounded, the only plus of my new schedule is I get weekends off!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
New Beginnings (Part Deux)
Ok so I know I missed last months monthly blog post. I apologize to my two readers haha. Ive been semi busy the last month or so. My cousin and his wife came in from Germany so I got to spend time with them for Christmas! That was so great. We haven't seen each other in close to three years. My cousin and I are really close, so needless to say they were missed. We went out and showed his wife what small town Texas was like. She was not real big on it. She is a big city girl so I can't totally blame her for not being used to it. Cuz and I went hunting for about 4 days straight and unfortunately didnt get to shoot anything, oh well maybe next time. We did have fun though.
So as you know I was laid off in September and have been livin off da gubmint for 4 months now. I have applied to tons of places and haven't heard much of a peep out of anyone. I applied to several jobs back at the same company I used to work for, and for the longest time didn't hear a word out of them. One day I get a call from crew scheduling saying they wanted me to come in for an interview. So I packed up and went back to Atlanta for my interview. I traveled 1500 miles for a 15 minute interview. That really had my mind thinking when we ended then. I thought I did really well in the interview. The interviewer said he would give me a call in two days to let me know how I did. So I waited. The next day when I got back to Texas, he called and offered me the job! That surprised me and it confirmed that I did do as well as I thought I did. He gave me a start date of Jan 11.
I rented my U-haul and packed up all my stuff and headed back out to the farm this past Monday. The drive was long and boring but the end result was worth it, I was back home with my friends. One of my roomies and I stayed up and had a mini celebration for my return, but it wasn't until the next day that the real celebration started. We had several of our friends come out and cooked up some chili had a big dinner and lots of drinks and conversing. We did have a mission last night and I say we completed it and it was a great success. A friend of ours had bought a real tree for Christmas, and she needed to "dispose" of it. I use the term "dispose" loosely because the way we did it was not your standard way of getting rid of a tree. We decided that the tree needed burnin' and we were going to set it on fire with fireworks and bacon grease. Now all of our great ideas don't come until we are fairly inebriated which this happened to be one of those times. I had a strand of 1000 blackcats that I forgot I had for almost 5 years. I'm pretty sure the shelf life is one year but that didn't scare us. We set the tree straight up and put the blackcats around it like garland. We doused the tree with bacon grease and then attempted to light the tree up with roman candles. Wow one thing I have learned is I never want a real tree for my Christmas tree. Once the blackcats lit off and the flames caught the tree on fire that thing went up so quick it was scary. I do have to say it was great entertainment for all 2 minutes it was on fire. Welcome back Tex haha man I have missed this place and the shenanigans that comes along with it.
Now as Monday gets closer I am ready to get off the couch and actually go back to work and have something to do again. I know that is weird to say but damn there is only so much daytime television you can take. My new job is not quite as glamorous as my old one by any means, but it is a paycheck. What I will now be doing is being a Crew Scheduler. I get to be the person I hated while I was a pilot. The one who wakes people up and call them in to go to work. The good thing about the job is I will see things from another perspective and it will give me a better overall picture of how the airline runs. I hope the people I will be working with are half as cool as the people I used to fly with, at least that way when the days are tough it will help me get through. I will try to start posting more now that I have more things to say other than today's episode of Judge Judy was awesome.
So as you know I was laid off in September and have been livin off da gubmint for 4 months now. I have applied to tons of places and haven't heard much of a peep out of anyone. I applied to several jobs back at the same company I used to work for, and for the longest time didn't hear a word out of them. One day I get a call from crew scheduling saying they wanted me to come in for an interview. So I packed up and went back to Atlanta for my interview. I traveled 1500 miles for a 15 minute interview. That really had my mind thinking when we ended then. I thought I did really well in the interview. The interviewer said he would give me a call in two days to let me know how I did. So I waited. The next day when I got back to Texas, he called and offered me the job! That surprised me and it confirmed that I did do as well as I thought I did. He gave me a start date of Jan 11.
I rented my U-haul and packed up all my stuff and headed back out to the farm this past Monday. The drive was long and boring but the end result was worth it, I was back home with my friends. One of my roomies and I stayed up and had a mini celebration for my return, but it wasn't until the next day that the real celebration started. We had several of our friends come out and cooked up some chili had a big dinner and lots of drinks and conversing. We did have a mission last night and I say we completed it and it was a great success. A friend of ours had bought a real tree for Christmas, and she needed to "dispose" of it. I use the term "dispose" loosely because the way we did it was not your standard way of getting rid of a tree. We decided that the tree needed burnin' and we were going to set it on fire with fireworks and bacon grease. Now all of our great ideas don't come until we are fairly inebriated which this happened to be one of those times. I had a strand of 1000 blackcats that I forgot I had for almost 5 years. I'm pretty sure the shelf life is one year but that didn't scare us. We set the tree straight up and put the blackcats around it like garland. We doused the tree with bacon grease and then attempted to light the tree up with roman candles. Wow one thing I have learned is I never want a real tree for my Christmas tree. Once the blackcats lit off and the flames caught the tree on fire that thing went up so quick it was scary. I do have to say it was great entertainment for all 2 minutes it was on fire. Welcome back Tex haha man I have missed this place and the shenanigans that comes along with it.
Now as Monday gets closer I am ready to get off the couch and actually go back to work and have something to do again. I know that is weird to say but damn there is only so much daytime television you can take. My new job is not quite as glamorous as my old one by any means, but it is a paycheck. What I will now be doing is being a Crew Scheduler. I get to be the person I hated while I was a pilot. The one who wakes people up and call them in to go to work. The good thing about the job is I will see things from another perspective and it will give me a better overall picture of how the airline runs. I hope the people I will be working with are half as cool as the people I used to fly with, at least that way when the days are tough it will help me get through. I will try to start posting more now that I have more things to say other than today's episode of Judge Judy was awesome.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monthly Blog Fodder
So it seems we have fallen into a new month, which that means it is time for my monthly post. Currently I am doing monthly posts until I find enough information to do more than one post. Nothing major has happened in the last month. Just more job hunting with no call backs. I am really hoping to get called back to the airline soon. All my friends seem to think we will get called back in the spring or summer so I hope that is true because I definitely miss flying and traveling. I am pretty bitter after this whole experience. I love flying and my job I had. At the same time I want stability in my life and would like to not have to worry if I am going to have a job next week. I know that no company/industry is safe, but the safe feeling that you will always have your job is comforting. The last few months I have thought about many career changes, from air traffic control to police officer to computers to banking and more. I keep coming back to the fact that I love flying, exploring new cities, and socializing with my crew. So I think that means that I know I want to stay in my field of "expertise" if you can call it that. It looks like my next step then is to get back into Flight Instructing until we get recalled to go back to the old job. At least there I will still be flying and sometimes going to other places. On much happier news, I have taken a trip back out east to Georgia to spend some time with all my friends. Damn, I have so missed being out here I can't wait to move back.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Cant Sleep......
Hello all! It is 3:30 am. I could not sleep so I decided it is about time for my monthly blog post haha. I thought it might be a good idea to make use of my domain www.flyingrproductions.com. It was originally picked out for my business that I will be starting once I have a job again. In the mean time I am just going to use it as my own personal website, so you all should check it out. It is still in the construction phase so I will add and delete things periodically. Also if anyone has a website, pictures, or movies they would like me to edit please let me know. There will be no charge (tips always welcomed LOL). I am in need of some projects to add to my portfolio for when I launch my company. If you have questions or are interested you are welcome to email me at ergraser@flyingrproductions.com.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Newb
Howdy Y'all!
Tex here and new to the whole bloggering thing. I figure this can be your one stop shop for reading the ramblings of Tex. Eventually if you read long enough you might read something that might be somewhat funny! Well I recently moved back into my folks house after being laid off at my job of being a suave airline pilot. I am currently working on becoming an air traffic controller with the FAA. Unfortunately since it is a government job, the process is super slow. I have applied and was selected to take the aptitude test. Now I wait to get my test date and that's still just the beginning of the process. I am hoping within the year I will be out in Oklahoma City going through training but I think that might be wishful thinking on the time line.
In other news, I missed Texas and am happy to be back home. It has been way too long. I am working on getting my concealed handgun license, which unfortunately is quite expensive. On the other hand it will be nice to have a class on the do's and do not's. Tomorrow will also be a busy day with job hunting and going to the local college. I am going to try and get a pell grant and go back to school. I am thinking about getting an Associates Degree in Computer Science. Im not sure what the emphasis will be, either programming or management information systems. What do y'all think?
Well that is all I have for now. Thanks for stopping into the tavern and be careful on the drive home.
Tex here and new to the whole bloggering thing. I figure this can be your one stop shop for reading the ramblings of Tex. Eventually if you read long enough you might read something that might be somewhat funny! Well I recently moved back into my folks house after being laid off at my job of being a suave airline pilot. I am currently working on becoming an air traffic controller with the FAA. Unfortunately since it is a government job, the process is super slow. I have applied and was selected to take the aptitude test. Now I wait to get my test date and that's still just the beginning of the process. I am hoping within the year I will be out in Oklahoma City going through training but I think that might be wishful thinking on the time line.
In other news, I missed Texas and am happy to be back home. It has been way too long. I am working on getting my concealed handgun license, which unfortunately is quite expensive. On the other hand it will be nice to have a class on the do's and do not's. Tomorrow will also be a busy day with job hunting and going to the local college. I am going to try and get a pell grant and go back to school. I am thinking about getting an Associates Degree in Computer Science. Im not sure what the emphasis will be, either programming or management information systems. What do y'all think?
Well that is all I have for now. Thanks for stopping into the tavern and be careful on the drive home.
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