At first glance, the expat gig sounds like a great deal. I know a guy that left Delta for Emirates after 16 years here; he's very happy there.

I don't think it's for everyone, though. I wouldn't want to do it. It sounds like its not for you, either. There is a lot of money to be made out there, but it comes at a price.

 

FedEx is an option. You can also live in Hong Kong.

 

All I can say is that its a good thing I am not a weatherman. It was about a week ago that I said something like: "I don't think this storm will be that bad."

Must have been flashing back to Caddyshack - "I don't think the heavy stuff will be coming down for quite a while."

Who has the picture with the crow on the plate, was it FTB or 80?

Oh well, at least the DAL refinery was spared.

Scoop

 

You must've been the weather advisor for the Mayor of Atlantic City. He apparently told folks to stay put.

 

Thought I had a smidgen of seniority, but apparently that doesn't matter. Ahhhh, reserve in the MD-88 where we follow the PWA scheduling rules for reserve except when it comes to making sure a more senior pilot with 1-day availability followed by an X day gets a SC when a more junior pilot has 1-day of availability followed by a golden day avoids the SC conversion. Not that it's written in the PWA that way, more just a matter of what scheduling wants, so who's to argue?

 

The golden day pilot is only good till noon where the X day guy is good all next day. That is schedulings logic. Been there done it.

 

There are a lot of fine-looking ladies from the Ukraine wanting to chat with me.

 

I know what I am going to say isn't going to be very popular given the timing. I know many people have lost their homes, businesses, or possibly their lives. However, Sandy was a large storm but was not a strong storm. The storm surge was significant due to the full moon and high tide when she came ashore. However, she was downgraded as a Tropical Depression when she made land fall. Wind gusts above 100MPH were only observed only in a few places, usually on sky scrapers in NYC.

No doubt there is a lot of damage with Sandy, especially considering her size and the amount of population she affected. But unless you live near the coastline or a river connecting to the ocean, Sandy is a nuisance for most people. Even in hard hit towns like Seaside Heights, NJ., houses located on the beach are still standing -- although they are pretty much totaled. In CAT3 or higher hurricanes, buildings on the coast in the area where the eye makes landfall do not remain standing, only their foundations remain. Hurricanes like Andrew were so strong, all wind measuring equipment were destroyed by the high winds so nobody knows exactly how strong the winds really were. They also cause extensive catastrophic damage for miles inland, far away from the coastline. They also cause tornadoes and flooding far away from the coastline. Other CAT3 and higher hurricanes had much higher storm surges which pushed miles up upon miles inland. Hurricane Ivan and Katrina knocked out major roadway bridges -- I don't know of one that has fallen down in the NJ or NY area which is a godsend considering how bad the commuting situation is there with the subways and rail being shut down.

Sandy was bad, but it was a well forecasted slow moving train wreck. Those who stayed behind, or didn't protect property, are the only ones at fault.

 

Get in Line!

Or as my wingman used to say, "Yeahbut... yours is ugly!"

 

I'm sure someone will come in and tell me I have nothing to worry about, but regarding GOL and the DR. I do hope we are watching that like a Hawk and do not end up with our own version of COPA. That airline does a lot of Con/United near South/Central America stuff.