TheWrightStuff

I think the wall charger advice was more of a way to remember to pack your charger.

CBreezy

THIS THIS THIS. Don't ever put anything down outside of your bag. You will lose it.


Not sure how I feel about packing the SAME clothes every time. Probably a good idea to just pack the same amount of clothes.

msprj2

OK,
So you are a professional pilot, how do you think you should appear/smell.
Clean under/tshirt, underwear and socks for each day. White pilot shirt
good for 2 days. Uniform pants good for trip. Shaving kit. Casual/running
shoes. One outfit for going out to dinner/movie/etc. One workout/running outfit that can be rinsed out in hotel tub.
22 inch roller bag does the job plus bag for headset/EFB/misc. in cockpit.

lalo

No offense to the mentally handicapped, but good lord, are you retarded? Pack some shct in your bag, including toiletries and clean undies, and don't leave your shct in the plane or room.

HighFlight

Ahhh, gotcha on the charger. I guess I mostly do that. But when I am done charging, my charger and cords go into the bag straightaway.

HighFlight

So the reason I had such a bad idea about your post? Once upon a time, my S.O. decided to get clever and ship me some MnMs. Emptied, rinsed & dried a shampoo bottle, filled with the candy, topped off with some cotton. By the time I got them a week later, they tasted so strongly of shampoo I couldn't eat them.

HighFlight

There are only two kinds of pilots. Those who have left things behind, and those who will.

rickair7777

Good advice here.

Be methodical.

Be consistent.

Keep your certs and medical on your badge lanyard. Makes it hard to forget that stuff.

Buy professional luggage (suitcase + toiletries kit, and probably a modular flight bag with cooler and laptop/notebook storage). A standard 22" unit will work fine for a four day, and if you really cram you could go six. Since we only have max four day trips, if I get a back-to-back trips of more than four days total I'll stash clean clothes at my base and swap them out between trips.

I use a freezer bag for dirty gym clothes, but just roll up socks/undies in used t-shirt. As other have said, you need clean t-shirt, socks, skivvies daily, white shirt every other day.

I rinse gym clothes in the sink if I'm going to use them more than once. Wring out, roll them tightly in a towel to remove excess water, and then hang dry. May need to hang near heat/AC vent if it's humid.

I only carry running shoes, those double as civvy shoes if I go out. Some people also bring flip flops.

Carry a light civilian jacket. If you need a serious jacket in civvies, take the bling off the airline jacket, which is presumably suitable for whatever climate you're in.

Have a personal checklist, mentally run it EVERY time you stand up, exit an airplane, hotel room, van, restaurant, etc.

Mine goes like this: Wallet, Badge, Cell Phone, Glasses, Jacket, Laptop, EFB/Flight bag, Kindle. I use this all the time, even when not at work, keeps me from leaving my wallet or jacket in various places. It becomes second nature after a while, and requires no effort (but saves plenty of hassles).

I don't include cheap stuff (like chapstick, comb) in the checklist, keeps it minimal and focused on important stuff. So I lose combs sometimes (but I carry extras in the luggage)

Don't set important things down in the plane. I leave snacks and magazines in the plane all the time, because I set them down and don't see them in the dark. But I never leave wallet, sunglasses, cell phone in the plane.

Propwash72

Has anyone had any luck combining a cooler with an EFB bag? Paper's going away (finally) and I'd like to combine the two bags. The flight bag/cooler would need to be able to hold my trusty old David Clarks.

AZPilotMike

I was wondering the same thing. Would be nice if there was an all in one solution.