Pittsburg, Chicago, San Jose...

Last week you remember I said my next stop was Pittsburg.

Me and the other FA decided (rather late in the day) to hit the road and check out downtown. We took the shuttle to the airport where we caught a bus which took 30 minutes to get us into downtown. That didn't leave us much time, but it was enough to walk around a bit and eat a sandwiche at Paminti's (I think that how it was spelled?)
Anyway- I guess it's a rather famous place. They serve their sandwiches on paper with french fries and cole slaw on the sandwiche. I got corned beef, minus cheese & slaw. It was yummy.
I took a picture of it with my phone. I would have taken lots of pictures with my regular camera, but for the SECOND time I left it somewhere! I had forgotten it on the shuttle. Luckily, the van driver returned it to the hotel counter. VERY LUCKY ME!!! However, I did get some shots with my phone. I'll try to upload a couple for you.

Now for Chicago.
That day we only flew one leg from PIT to ORD. We were late (surprise) of course, because that's just Chicago. They don't call it the Windy City for nothing. There was a ground stop in ORD due to extreme winds coming from the north. The flight was pretty bumpy. Maybe the most turbulant I've experienced so far. No big deal though. In fact, I think I rather enjoyed it. Crazy. Once we got there, the other FA asked me if I wanted to go get some food. She is based in Chicago, so we took her car. First we stopped by her place to change clothes. Then we went to a local buffalo wings place that she knew of. We tried 3 different kinds of chicken wings. I didn't like the spicy garlic. I had a good time on that trip. It's bitter sweet to fly the 700 for me. I make friends that I know I probably won't see again. She dropped me off at my hotel and said "Bye! Keep in touch!" Yeah, I wish.

Today I am in San Jose.
Yesterday we were supposed to fly to SFO (we did that) then to Boise, LA & San Jose. However, our plane broke and we didn't go to Boise or LA. Instead we repositioned a different plane to San Jose. What a short flight that was! 16 minutes total. Since it was a ferry flight I got to sit up front again. Cool!
The only sucky thing about yesterday was that I might not get paid for those cancelled flights. As a reserve, if I don't go over my guarenteed amount of flight hours, I won't get paid for cancelled ones. So basically I was on duty for 9.5 hours yesterday and got paid for 1.5. That really blows! Let's hope I "break guarentee".

Gotta go get ready for work. Today we do the same routes as scheduled yesterday only in reverse. San Jose, LA, Boise, SFO & back to Sac.