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\u00a0November began with a week vacation with my family at Disney World. This was our second trip there this year. We went in March the week before it shut down. Going back so soon was very interesting. Crowds were less but it was just different. My kids were happy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With the furloughs and reductions in flying I am very junior in base. I’m on short call reserve. Since I live 10 miles from the airport…it’s no big deal.<\/p>\n
Scheduling didn’t call me until the last half of the month. I was called initially for a super easy 2 day trip. I was to dead head to Grand Rapids…fly to Phoenix…stay the night…and dead head home. Well once we landed in Grand Rapids they changed my schedule for me to fly right back home…as crew. Fine with me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The day before Thanksgiving I was given a very interesting trip. The morning flight from Lima, Peru to Miami had a mechanical. The plane was out of service. I was assigned to ferry a plane from DFW to Lima. There’s no direct service between DFW and Lima. This would be a first. That flight was just over 2950 miles. That was my longest flight ever…just me and the Captain.<\/p>\n
Being so long we divided up the flight. I took off and over Honduras he took over and landed. I had just 16 hours in Lima before dead heading to Miami…sitting 4 hours…and dead heading home on Thanksgiving day. It was a crazy long day but I technically made it home on Thanksgiving as I pulled in the drive way at 11:50 PM.\u00a0<\/p>\n