More of the same

Bored. Sitting airport reserve....as I will all next month. Being the most junior it's all that was left after everyone else bid. This has been the same story over the last 18+ months.

Had a 2 day trip last week. On day 5 of 6 on reserve I had a quick turn followed by a reduced rest overnight. Running late, we left the gate an hour and forty minutes late. Arrived an hour twenty minutes late. The Captain I was with fits my definition of Captain. He takes charge and responsibility for the flight and crew. True that's what they are supposed to do, but I fly with some guys that are either burnt out, don't care, never cared or don't care that they don't care. It's refreshing to fly with a true Captain.

The overnight was scheduled for 8 1/2 hours. Scheduling of course had planned on reducing it to 8 hours exactly in an attempt to get the flight out on time.

As we walked up the jet bridge his phone rang. I knew it was scheduling. He greeted the scheduler, paused and then said, "No Cindy we will not be here at 7:06AM. My crew is taking the full 8 1/2 hours of rest that was scheduled. We will be here at 7:48AM."

I still slept horribly as always on short overnights. It was nice to have the extra 30 minutes though.

I had a 3 day weekend. My wife and I headed down to Washington, D.C. for the day to visit the Newseum.

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The nations capital has a very nice public transportation system. We walked off the plane and were at the Newseum very quickly. Being able to take day trips for next to nothing is fun. We are very used to it. Since my wife is getting ready to start her third trimester for pregnancy, this was her last flight until after the baby is born. This will be hard for her as we have flown somewhere every month since I was hired.

Flights were landing south at DCA. Very busy approach as to stay clear of restricted

airspace flights don't turn final until the last few moments.

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Flights were landing south at DCA. Very busy approach as to stay clear of restricted
airspace flights don't turn final until the last few moments.

It's 9:30AM....got 4 1/2 more hours of airport reserve. Sure wish I could easily do this from home.