Originally Posted by SAABaroowski

Today was a great day, we sat waiting for take off from 29 for about an hour this morning and we saw some pretty intense moments, of which one was a UPS MD-11 attempting to land on 22L, of course he couldn't quite make it and away he want for another try, a Few CAL guys going around due to other a/c not being able to get off the runway in time, and last but not least, getting the ABSOLUTE HELL beatin out of us from 6,000ft and below, Autopilot kicked off just past Dylan for us and I had the pleasure of wresting the 'ol beast for the remainder of the 25 minute beating, nothing like hand-flying in MOD-SEVERE turbulence..............I mean come on guys, it really is fun

In all sincerity its days like today where you kick back with a beer and a smile and thank the lord you had enough skill/luck to not bend the airplane, ohhhhhh what a day

PS they canceled my overnight as well