I frequently talk about how much I love flying into my hometown and to say I was excited this week would be an epic understatement. Dublin when the sun is shining is a truly wonderful place. People engage in public drinking as though it’s not illegal, they shun sun cream in favour of red-raw skin and down pints as though they don’t have to go … Continue reading Heat
Christmas was definitely different this year – with the family coming down to Dubai and staying in my shoebox of an apartment. I got the sense that my folks don’t really understand why I like it here, but they are thirty-five years older than me so I don’t expect them to. What was strange, despite the fact that she is a grown up, is my … Continue reading The Muppet Show
“How would you rate 2017 in terms of success or failure?” “Excuse me?” I say in utter shock, to my Dad, as he keeps banging the self-reflection drum, “Tell me, do you think this year has been a success?” My thoughts go directly to saving the lives of over 300 people only a month earlier, and then I drift to some of the more questionable … Continue reading Back to School
Bing! The sound of the cabin attendant call bell drags me out of my malaise and back to reality; to be fair I should really be concentrating on flying the airplane. I’m distracted. I wonder what she wants? “Hey Chantelle, what’s going on?” I say in the most professionally chirpy tone I can muster. “Hi Logan. We have a request from a passenger if you … Continue reading Cash is King
You never can tell when you wake up and put your feet on the floor how your day will turn out. At three o’clock in the morning, during the window of circadian low, the chances of having any insight is quite literally zero; for a pilot this is very regularly the case. Coffee, and a cold shower, always seems to help, but the truth is … Continue reading A Bridge Too Far?
I am no scientist; in fact, I effectively failed my way through the sciences in school and managed to escape unscathed by copying from my intelligent classmates on exam day. I’m not a cheater, but I know how to use the assets available to me. Through this act of ingenuity I realised that my problem solving and survival instincts were perfectly suited to life on … Continue reading Raw Talent Killer
As you may have noticed I am consistently flying with odd people. This is not my fault, I can only report on the environment that I experience; sometimes it might be me. I don’t know. This week I flew with a guy who I can only describe as a legend and I learned something from him, which came as a surprise, because generally I learn … Continue reading There’s Something About Melanoma
I must admit that sometimes I feel like my generation (millennials) get a bad reputation for their social media engagement and “zero fucks given” for anything other than avocado-toast, but I really feel like we are not all bad. I’ve been trying really hard to reduce down my Snapchat and Instagram use and admittedly I have found it hard, but one thing I have never … Continue reading There’s no Cure for Stupid
I’ve got to admit that the whole blog writing enterprise took a bit of a dive recently when my personal life became a bit more hectic. It’s not a case of going to yoga 10 times a week and no time for writing (I’ve been going three times a week), but I did have a family bereavement and thus I’ve not been feeling creative. … Continue reading Sausage Party
Since I collapsed on the flight deck and proved that the coffee diet I invented is one of my finest moments to date, I have in fact been to a number of yoga classes. Fitting it in around a roster that has me going East and West like an explorer in the middle ages is tough and although I decided against the yoga pants … Continue reading The Force Is Strong On The Flight Deck
The Long-Haul Journal of Logan Jacob 