Beware the ides.

Even with a (dubiously necessary) frost spray in Montreal we still got in to Frankfurt early. #avgeek

I mean… WTAF… lazy-ass cops and DAs are just using facial recognition AI to put out arrest warrants with no further investigation?

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

No new destinations next month, but a few new faces. There’s only one FO on the list who I’ve flown with before. #PilotLife

Neither George HW Bush nor Ronald Reagan could survive a primary in the modern GOP. www.instagram.com/reel/DQGLqPY...

I’ve got GA roots, but my total time flying GA airplanes isn’t particularly impressive (especially considering how stale most of it is). Sure, there are some transferable skills, but when it comes to flying GA machines I’m probably gonna trust a genuine GA pilot before myself. #AvGeek

I think people are overrating the odds the ayatollah is a purely rational utility maximizer and underrating the odds the guy is rather upset about his father, wife, and daughter being incinerated and wants his pound of flesh.

There are more instances of United States Citizens being detained by ICE than there are of illegal immigrants voting in elections.

Short #AvGeek 🧵 Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards (ETOPS) lets airplanes with only 2 engines operate more than an hour (single engine flight time) from an adequate airport.

This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.

New flight bag sticker. It’s deep-ish cut (maybe not too deep for British comedy fans). Anyways, as someone who travels the world with no natural aptitude for languages, I’m thankful that I have near-magical translation technology and I’m not subject to the whimsy of phrase book writers. #AvGeek

Dang. The Gander RCL removal trial is over. I was hoping they’d just keep rolling with it. #AvGeek

Buried history. Mainz became a major settlement over 2000 years ago, when Rome stationed 2 legions there to guard the frontier. Since then the city has been built up, layer upon layer, with artifacts such as this medieval pillar now several meters under ground. #travel

Pilots… (Self-) Serious technicians, laser focused on knowledge and competence …

Sure, Trump wore a campaign hat to a dignified transfer, but remember when President Obama saluted while holding a latte?

How dare her!! 🧐🤨 "When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."

Spring was in the air in Mainz #travel

Mainz by night #travel

Mainz by night. #travel

All because the GOP refuses to scale back on concentration camps and masked goons. www.reuters.com/world/us/sec...

Prayerful statuary. #travel

All terminals should have reflective walls. It’s nice to see what’s going on around the airplane. #avgeek

Nice day over southern Greenland

For a while it looked like they were going to pass directly over us, but it turned out that they were on a track and we were on a random route so they passed us off to the right. #AvGeek

Astronomy PSA: Please be patient as our team of orbital mechanics perform Earth's twice-yearly rotational adjustment tonight. You may find your clocks are not set to the time your body feels. This is perfectly natural and will slowly ease as Earth's spin rate slows back down to what it was before.

Dawn on the Rhine. #travel

We caught something that our dispatchers missed last night! Yay for us! It had essentially zero operational impact on the flight, but still. It’s pretty rare that *anything* slips past them. We don’t actually do any of our own flight planning; we just double check the dispatchers’ work. #AvGeek

Looks like a reasonable night for a flight. #AvGeek

For familiar airports & simple domestic/US stuff I do a quick review in the airplane. For complex/unfamiliar airports I do a thorough self-review (by the lake with my dog, jazz & a cup of tea). FRA isn’t terribly complex but it’s been a while; an excuse to take the dog for a short drive. #AvGeek

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go.

The only one who could ever reach me / Was the son of a…

I passed 1500 hours on the 330 last month. This is absolutely meaningless except I’m gonna reward myself with a donut. #AvGeek

A minor frustration working for a multi-type airline; I can only fly one type at a time and someone higher up the food chain decides which types fly to which destinations. The pickin’s have been slim over the winter. Lots of domestic. Looking forward to crossing an ocean again this month. #AvGeek

Gotta figure whoever ends up in charge of Iran will look back over the last few days and say “THIS is why we need nukes”

uh oh

Something’s up

Republicans spent 17 months on Benghazi because 4 Americans were killed. It’s been 3 days and Trump’s illegal Iran attack has already gotten 6 American soldiers killed. He promises more will die soon. And Republicans don’t care.

Not sure what’s going on with the neck. Whoever they got to fix his ear should take a look.

This is the other tower. At busier airports it gets so busy near the terminals and aircraft parking areas that the apron areas need their own dedicated agencies to direct traffic. #avgeek

These digital sign boards are handy. In Toronto they give us our departure time and the frequency to contract. In other airports they’re even better, giving us our departure runway and SID. They also have sensors that guide us in to park.

Hey, Iran…. Just sayin’

Are bone spurs genetic? www.draftbarrontrump.com

Never hurts to check www.ishedeadyet.fun

In the event of an emergency where the cockpit door is jammed/obstructed and we need to evacuate the flight deck, our alternate exits are the windows. It’s also nice to get a bit of a breeze while I’m reviewing the flight plan. #AvGeek

She’s at it again apnews.com/article/stow...

Knobs to twist! Buttons to press! Hours of fun for busy hands! #avgeek

(it’s just water and a little bit of soot catching the light from a sunset) #contrails #avgeek

Moon halo