Bon Matin YUL

One of my favourite pairing I do is called the continuous duty. It consists of the last flight of the night to a destination and the first flight out in the morning. We usually leave Montreal at 2100 and head east. We arrive anywhere from 1.5 to 2 hours later depending on where we are going. Add a 1 hour time change and we end up at our hotel at midnight or so give or take a few mins. Here is the fun part. We have to be ready for our hotel pick up at 0515. Not to many ZZZZZZZZZ"s We have 2 hour or more flight back to YUL usually fighting with 80 knot headwinds only lengthening our trip. With just over 4 hours of sleep it is a battle to stay awake. The flight attendant gets numerous calls from the front for coffee refills. Anyways the weather has been great lately and I was able to get some morning pictures at 0645 of Montreal Island from about 14000 feet 60 miles away.



This is the same picture about 30 minutes earlier the following day.



I lied about this being my favourite. I actually hate doing these pairings. It is like having the day off but you have to sleep in a different bed. Ooohhhhh the glamour of life as an airline pilot!!