Professional Pilot Career Journal

 

November 21, 2002 – Done

 

Checkride passed!  Five hours of grueling, approach-shooting, steep-turn-doing, profile-flying hell.  I write this on my way back to Las Vegas (first class baby!) where I will probably spend the next week or so waiting to be scheduled for IOE.  I am hoping to do my IOE in Chicago since that is where I’ll be based but that is unfortunately left up to the hands of training scheduling.  We shall see.

 

I realize this is all sounding very familiar along the lines of my reports from COEX.  As my friend Mike says, I’ve now been fully qualified in two different regional jets over a combined four months of training and still do not have one hour of jet time in my logbook.  That will change very soon barring some unforeseen catastrophe (knock on wood).

 

I’m excited to being flying.  Next report will be all about it.