“Good Morning Herr Gottwald, I got something for you!” – I finally got a call from crew scheduling yesterday and now I am on my way to Dubai. Sitting in the Lufthansa Cargo break-room again, I only have minutes before … Continue reading
Tag Archives | Lufthansa Cargo
Standby – Day 2 and 3
As I expected nothing much happened during the days of my standby. I spent the first night in a low-priced hotel with some Thai food from the airport and checked out really late the next day. After a good rest, … Continue reading →
Standby – Day 1
I got up this morning shortly past 4 am and took the first flight from Dresden to Frankfurt at 6 o’clock. Today is the first day of my standby shift that started at 8 o’clock and since then I haven’t … Continue reading →
The Dark Continent
It was dark already, when we got to the airport in Johannesburg and for the next two flights, we would not see much of the sun. The aircraft had arrived a bit late, but our ground staff at OR Tambo … Continue reading →
Nairobi to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo
After a short 24-hour stay in Nairobi it was time to hit the road again to fly further south to Johannesburg. After a little row at security control we cleared passport control and a second security check-point easily and as … Continue reading →
Jambo Nairobi!
I got up at 2.30 am, quickly washed my face and put on my uniform and off I was to the airport. I just made it to the briefing room in time, where my captain was already chatting to one … Continue reading →
A weekend in the simulator and Manchester
Last weekend I couldn’t stay at home, but rather had to go to Frankfurt to do some flying. I spent Saturday in the simulator and Sunday in Manchester… I got up at 3.30 am on Saturday morning to take the … Continue reading →
Line Check or not?
What a day! As I was supposed to have a Line Check today, I already got to Frankfurt yesterday. After spending a few hours in a hotel bed, I set out to the airport at 06.30 am this morning, to … Continue reading →
