It's all about the flying...

I'm now fully fledged - passed my line check a week ago, so no more tests to go for the time being and no more flying with trainers for now! So this space is now just for random shots here and there if any good photo opportunities come along. 1) A nice shot of the Pyrenees on the way to Barcelona..

Some pics from the new office.

The Pyrenees on a Barcelona Run..

Not had too many chances to take decent photos yet, because a) I've spent a lot of time in cloud, and b) I've had a training captain asking me questions whenever the quiet 'photo opportunity' periods have come about. But here's a couple just to keep things going. Now 32 sectors in, with 14 left before my line check. After that I'll be flying as part of a normal crew in the right hand seat with a captain to my left...

Finals at East Midlands.. More photos to follow soon..

In the seat for takeoff number 1!

More posing with myself, Phil, Mike and Emilios

Sector 1 - Luton to East Midlands

The 'bus in all it's glory.

More posing shots featuring Lars and Phil..

Some good quality posing shots - a good photo opportunity that wasn't wasted as we waited for the de-icing guy to de-ice our wing. Lars, Frank and I with the bus.

Quick recce of future base, Bristol

Long bay beach, Antigua

So it's been a while. With all of the eJ delays because of the lack of training captains and so on, I've ended up with about 4-5 months off. During that time it was back to doing bits and pieces back at home, trying to stay out of trouble and trying to earn a bit of money to keep me going and to be honest, there wasn't really much to take photos of! Did get a chance to head out to Antigua with Kaye to meet sis who's currently working out in Bahamas see below.. Finally we're back on track though. Start of December 16 of us did our induction day at easyland. In the next month there were 3 weeks of 'death by computer' (grounschool), followed by a few exams, and then (after christmas), into the simulator phase. 48 hours of simulator sessions later we were part qualified on the Airbus and ready to take control of the plane itself. 4 more days at the easyJet academy learning how to put out fires, slide out of the doors, and breathe life back into plastic dolls and finally 3 days ago we did the unthinkable! 8 of us took a brand new A319 out of Luton for the day. 50 landings at East Midlands, 16 tons of fuel and a rejected take off later 6 of us were fully qualified. My first passenger flight is in just over a week's time. It's been a long time coming! Some photos of the last few weeks...