Category Archives: Work

Watching TV Doesn’t Pay the Bills

Turns out my idea to quit my job to watch hi-def TV full time on my new Panasonic Viera 50-inch plasma TV didn’t pan out.  Damn, I thought I had it all figured out too. So here I am back in Ft. Simpson, gateway to no-where. I bitch and complain but in reality, I’m just [...]

Get Me Home!

Ahhhhhhhh, I’m done…. almost. Headed for home on Friday. It’s been a long, bitterly cold tour.  For over two weeks, it’s been near or below -40 C overnight.  Most days the highs have only been -32 or so.   Some days it hasn’t gotten above -40 C.  One night I think it got to -48 C [...]

I Can’t Believe It’s Been 10 Years

I’m celebrating 10 years in aviation.  I can’t believe it. Back in 1997 I started helicopter training.  In the summer of 1998 I was a licensed commercial helicopter pilot and left a secure, well paying career in software development for an uncertain (and financially crippling) future.