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  1. No engines attached, and she is parked in the desert...but this plane still yearns to fly youtu.be/cHhZwvdRR5c via @youtube about 4 hours ago via Tweet Button
  2. @captainslim wow....but I bet it's not more than 2 legs per day eh? 5:02 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPad in reply to captainslim
  3. @reckless I'd it's a mechanical she will get a voucher. Sounds like it is. Remember the flight crew wants to go home too! 5:01 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPad in reply to reckless
  4. I'm supposed to be landing right now. Here's to VFR days and tailwind. #crewlife via.me/-1bz62zq 10:41 AM May 23rd via TweetCaster for Android
  5. @pilot_321 just a crappy RJ 2:18 PM May 22nd via TweetCaster for Android in reply to pilot_321
  6. This looked smaller on the menu. Glad the beer is big enough to wash it down! #longovernight via.me/-1b57nwq 2:17 PM May 22nd via TweetCaster for Android
  7. 17 days off. Overnights on the beach. Weekends off. June looks good. #seniority 6:06 AM May 21st via TweetCaster for Android
  8. Time for another 4 day.... Yay? #lazypilot 11:43 AM May 20th via TweetCaster for Android
  9. @pilot_321 I'm using the Bose A20. Pricey but fewer cables needed to be TSO'd. 2:57 PM May 19th via TweetCaster for Android in reply to pilot_321
  10. @pilot_321 I sold my setup. I think I had my cable routed across my chest. It's better for left seaters 2:19 PM May 19th via TweetCaster for Android in reply to pilot_321
  11. FAA Medical time again. Since I'm 35 it was my first EKG. Cleared to fly for another year! 2:16 PM May 18th via web
  12. OMG chatty Cathy shut up! FA is talking nonstop in the van. It's 540am. I love my cockpit door. 3:58 AM May 15th via TweetCaster for Android
  13. Whenever I see these I know ONLY crews stay on these rooms. Kinda odd #controllingbedbugs via.me/-15ofiy0 7:52 PM May 13th via TweetCaster for Android
  14. Boston airport: Man held, tried to enter cockpit | Fox News fxn.ws/K2IOTc via @foxnews 2:57 PM May 10th via Tweet Button
  15. Bose products are pricey,but the service is great. They replaced just about every part. Back 2 me in under 5 days. via.me/-137r21o 6:18 AM May 10th via TweetCaster for Android
  16. Seems there is a movement afoot to bring Bob Crandall back to AMR. bringbackbob.com @bringbackbob12 6:49 AM Apr 28th via web
  17. Bravery: Drinking coffee in a hotel van on a pothole ridden street. #tidepen 4:22 AM Apr 26th via TweetCaster for Android
  18. Before CRM, crew briefings were shorter and umm... To the point aviationhumor.net/standard-brief/ 7:10 AM Apr 25th via TweetCaster for Android
  19. 1st THEY move my departure from gate 8 to gate 41. Fine. But now THEY wait till 30 prior to change a tire. #whineypilot 4:12 AM Apr 24th via TweetCaster for Android
  20. I find it ironic I can grease on a heavy plane but a light weight plane I bounce on. Things that make you go #hmm 7:48 PM Apr 18th via TweetCaster for Android