Thursday, February 10, 2011
Mind Manure: Muffled Clarity
Mind Manure: Muffled Clarity: "I'm a character in a story. I know all of us are and every character that I have read of, seen or been till date is in each one of us. But I..."
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Joys of it all!
So they say mondays are not a good way to spend 1/7th of your life. Having said that id also like to point out one of the occupational hazards of a commercial line pilot - NO FIXED OFF DAYS! We are forced to count days of the week as 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and it sucks! There is no weekend or a monday or a sunday! Weirdly enough i am quite enjoying this and my seniors say give it four months and you'll take your words back!
So its been almost close to a month now that i have finally completed with my training as a co-pilot with Spicejet and i have definitely come a long way from where all of this had started. The job profile basically they say is somewhat like a chauffeur. And i agree it has its similarities. We dress ourselves in a clean uniform, we take people from point A to point B, we are often the ones to be blamed if there is a the slightest of discomfort during the whole journey. Well being a chauffeur of US$80 Million airplane surely has a nice ring to it! It might have not been my childhood dream to fly like a lot of people i know but well all i know is that i am enjoying every bit of it.
Another flaw of this profession is and always will be the weird work timings. But after a month of flying and logging about close to 90 hours or so i have realized that we are blessed with the most spectacular views! Getting up at 3:30 am to find yourself flying an early morning flight has somehow been all worth it! Having the view of a rising sun at 37,000 ft above the earths surface has been one of the most brilliant sights iv ever seen! The whole 2-3 minutes when the sun rises from a level below the aircrafts nose and then gradually filling up the sky with colours which one will only find in Gods own colour pallete. Sunsets are no different... to have a view of half world sleeping tight and the rest enjoying day is completely worth it!
I have lost track of time over the past few months and have loads of emotions and thoughts to convey. I hope to get myself sorted soon cause its sorta getting confusing.. its sorta getting dark.....
So its been almost close to a month now that i have finally completed with my training as a co-pilot with Spicejet and i have definitely come a long way from where all of this had started. The job profile basically they say is somewhat like a chauffeur. And i agree it has its similarities. We dress ourselves in a clean uniform, we take people from point A to point B, we are often the ones to be blamed if there is a the slightest of discomfort during the whole journey. Well being a chauffeur of US$80 Million airplane surely has a nice ring to it! It might have not been my childhood dream to fly like a lot of people i know but well all i know is that i am enjoying every bit of it.
Another flaw of this profession is and always will be the weird work timings. But after a month of flying and logging about close to 90 hours or so i have realized that we are blessed with the most spectacular views! Getting up at 3:30 am to find yourself flying an early morning flight has somehow been all worth it! Having the view of a rising sun at 37,000 ft above the earths surface has been one of the most brilliant sights iv ever seen! The whole 2-3 minutes when the sun rises from a level below the aircrafts nose and then gradually filling up the sky with colours which one will only find in Gods own colour pallete. Sunsets are no different... to have a view of half world sleeping tight and the rest enjoying day is completely worth it!
I have lost track of time over the past few months and have loads of emotions and thoughts to convey. I hope to get myself sorted soon cause its sorta getting confusing.. its sorta getting dark.....
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