Back in the Star Alliance lounge in Halifax, waiting for the first leg, a slightly different routing through Montreal then Zurich, before heading off to Dar es Salaam for the night. I was routing through Istanbul and avoiding the overnight in Dar, but then I arrive in Mtwara exhausted. I think this will be less painful. I'm trying something else different too....packed my laptop and flying headset in the checked luggage, using my iPad mini enroute. Lets see if everything shows up....
It was a good time home, though short with numerous work related commitments; over a week in Italy and yet another in Newark. Both trips were awesome but it did seriously cut into time with my kid, who needs me now more than ever. This touring business is a love it/hate it affair. I have non-touring helicopter pilot friends considering taking it up, and I find it hard to sell the lifestyle with any believable zest. It depends on so much. Believe it or not, quite a few guys just fly the line or hibernate in their rooms, putting in their time until they head home again. I figure I'm seeing the world on the company's coin, I'm going to make the most of it. That being said, I'm hoping we get contracts closer to home, as I live ten minutes from Halifax's International airport, and operated from our hangar there for over a decade. I'd be all over it.
For now, it's back to Africa.....
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