HawleyBlog

I have spent the last three days in what is called recurrent ground school. For a first officer, you go every year. For a captain, you would typically go every six months. At my company we have a program where all pilots go every year and at the six months interval, you go to the simulator and take a checkride. The net result of this is that your job is at risk every six months. If you fail the training, you get to repeat it. If you fail a second time, you are usually fired. And no one will ever hire you again. Adding spice to the equation is the fact that since I have worked for the company for less than a year, I am on probation and as such, I can be fired for any reason at any time. I have a simulator check over two days next week. I am on reserve for the next three days and then a couple days off. It has been raining for the last few days so we hope the lawn will look great next week. It is interesting to be wearing long pants after so long in shorts. High 60's for the weekend. I already miss the hundred degree temps.