In flight movie

I was flying home from an all day trip to Tri-city yesterday when the sun started setting. It reminded me of when Feathersky and I used to sit and watch the sunset while camping. Just when I was missing her, "our" song started playing on my MP3 player. So I took this picture to remember the moment. I really miss her and the kids when I have to be away like that.

Zen and the art of the serpentine belt

Last week I was trying to change the serpentine belt on our car. I knew how to change it, in that I was pretty sure which belt it was, but the details on how to get it on and off where a bit fuzzy. So I was working on getting it off for about two hours, all the while secretly hoping that I wouldn't get it off, because I wasn't sure I would ever be able to get one back on and at least this way I would be able to drive it to someone who had seen the inside of a car before. I spent about two hours trying to get to a bolt turned that was so inconveniently placed that it had to be part of some conspiracy. Probably wondering if I had heat stroke, Feathersky comes out to check on me, looks at the engine, and says "well why don't you just use this other tool like this?"

Well, ten minuets later I was sitting back inside the air conditioned house wondering if there was anything this woman can't do. Did I get lucky or what?

Awkward Interview Questions

In the last few months I had six or seven interviews with different companies before I finally got this one at Central Air. Over the course of the interviews they asked a lot of awkward questions. Here are a few. How would you answer them? Keep in mind that they question all your answers trying to make you change your mind to see if you're decisive.


-Describe a problem or conflict that you have had with a co-worker.
-When was your last personality conflict with another pilot?
-Tell us about a time when you demonstrated loyalty to your current employer.
-The flight attendant tells the First Officer (you) that she saw the Captain drinking beer at 12am. It's now 7am. What do you do?
-Are there any skeletons in your closet?
-Tell us about a time when a coworker got underneath your skin.
-Tell us about a time when you had a conflict with a boss and how did you handle it.
-Tell us about a time when you were not so honest with a passenger.
-Define integrity and describe it if it’s applicable to you
-Tell us about a time that you worked with a co-worker that didn't have integrity.
-Tell us about a time you made a mistake and how/what did you do to handle it?
-Tell about when someone at work was hard to work with?
-Would it create a hardship for your current employer if you left?
-Give three one word descriptions of a good captain. Which one applies to you?
-What is the difference between a good captain and a great captain?
-Tell us about when you were tempted to break policy or broke a policy.
-If your airplane was 20 lbs over max weight (a miniscule amount), would you still fly?
-Describe one of your weak personality traits.
-Tell us about the time you tried your hardest but failed.