Did my first landing in snowy weather!

A computer at the Springfield Outstation. It's like going back in time! :-)

I’m blogging from a hotel room in Montreal now only because I’ve been in the middle of moving to a new 5 bedroom house loaded w/ 8 guys. I took the master bedroom with 2 other doods and it should hold up pretty good for a good crash pad. I’ve already completed 2 days of IOE and today was actually my third full day. It was blocked for almost a full 8 hours. I had to wake up extra early today because I forgot to pick up my dry cleaning last night (my fault) and in order to pick them up, drop my car off at Flight Safety for a car wash tomorrow and then take the shuttle from the Red Roof Inn to the airport just added up to about 2 extra hours. I got to the airport still with about 30 minutes to spare before I had to check it so it all worked out just right.

IOE is going well. I’m just demanding a lot from myself which is getting the best of me. To my surprise, an FAA Check Airman rode with use today to GTR and back and that just heightened my nervousness. It really wasn’t that bad after it was all said and done but man, I have to say that it was a little nerve racking. The current captain that I have is awesome too. He’s really good at explaining and teaching me things. I know that tomorrow will go well. I just hope that Thursday and Friday will also be awesome!

I’m about to head out by myself and just explore a little. I’m also going to try to wake up early and do some good morning exploring. Not sure exactly what to do yet, but I’ve got some ideas. Enjoy some pictures at http://www.elijahnicolas.com/cphoto

The Chargers have a trailer like commercial on their website for the new uniform. I can’t wait for one! I’m trying to get some Atlanta Thrasher tickets against the San Jose Sharks. Should be a good game.

It’s time to get some new jerseys for the San Diego Chargers of 2007!!! Check them out! I think that the powder blue outline on the bolt is sick! I can’t wait till they are officially unveiled this upcoming Wednesday! Saty tuned!

Oh yeah, I really love flying! I just finished my first two days of IOE and the overnight was cool, and New York flying was awesome around the Long Island Sound…I’ll post more later on once I finish moving to the Loxford Lounge!

I’ll be wiggling my toes each and every second I get tomorrow morning starting the moment I wake up. I’m already having a hard time go to bed tonight just thinking of all the checklists and things that I have to test and do on my first flight. I am officially beginning my Initial Operating Experience after completing 8 legs of jumpseating to various places around the Eastern US.

My first trip is to KPHF then an overnight at KILM. Like I’ve said before, check out http://www.pilotcrossings.com and then add me as a friend. It’s free and I’ll be updating my schedule there often if you want to follow along. They also show you on Google Maps where the airports that I’m flying into are. You have to sign up for pilotcrossing.com in order to see my full schedule or you could just do a day by day thing by checking out the mobile version of the site that I use on my Palm Treo 650 Web App by clicking pilotcrossings mobile page. I will try to update my schedule on Google Calendar, but this website it just so much easier to do. Stay tuned on the results of my first land! See you on the other side!

Going out on observation 101!

New socks for work! 7 for $14.90 at H&M, NYC.