Layover food

[ASpilot2be]

Short layover in ANC (the price you pay to have a daytime departure back) so I didn't feel like waiting in line at Snow City for breakfast. Luckily the huge pancakes at White Spot never disappoint

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I have been told I need to try the White Spot. Maybe I will stop in on one of my next layovers.

 

[Apophis]

One of my favorite spots in ANC a couple of days ago. Weather was absolutely fantastic..

 

[ASpilot2be]

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One of my favorite spots in ANC a couple of days ago. Weather was absolutely fantastic..

I love that place, but holy cow is it packed in the summer.

The weather has been amazing. It was an amazing arrival from the west.

 

[Apophis]

I love that place, but holy cow is it packed in the summer.

The weather has been amazing. It was an amazing arrival from the west.

The flight up from ATL was insane, Mount Saint-Elias was even severe clear, which almost never happens.

 

[Sculprit]

One of my favorite spots in ANC a couple of days ago. Weather was absolutely fantastic..

Same! I’m jealous of yall that get to spend time there. If I want to get up to ANCt with my shop it requires a redeye in a Max to the east coast.

 

[Apophis]

Same! I’m jealous of yall that get to spend time there. If I want to get up to ANCt with my shop it requires a redeye in a Max to the east coast.

This is one of the better ANC rotations in the bid package. Have to iron-man ATL-ANC (7:31 block the other day) as a two man crew, but at least it’s a 767-300 and it’s an afternoon departure. Red eye on this one is to DTW, so not as bad.

I’ve done the ANC-ATL redeye exactly once, and hopefully never again (unless they decide to augment it).

 

[Roger Roger]

This is one of the better ANC rotations in the bid package. Have to iron-man ATL-ANC (7:31 block the other day) as a two man crew, but at least it’s a 767-300 and it’s an afternoon departure. Red eye on this one is to DTW, so not as bad.

I’ve done the ANC-ATL redeye exactly once, and hopefully never again (unless they decide to augment it).

I feel like anchorage summertime redeyes only sort of count as redeyes, since at cruise it never really gets dark. At least, that was how I always coped with 2 weeks of flying all night every night doing medevac up there.

 

[Roger Roger]

Same! I’m jealous of yall that get to spend time there. If I want to get up to ANCt with my shop it requires a redeye in a Max to the east coast.

Bro I was in FAI a couple months ago and I saw yalls FAI-IAD flight getting ready to go and I was like yeah…no

 

[Sculprit]

Bro I was in FAI a couple months ago and I saw yalls FAI-IAD flight getting ready to go and I was like yeah…no

That’s funny! Scheduling called me a few weeks ago on my days off and asked if I be willing to work a double DH to and from ORD, I told them to go on.
When they said it would involve the red eye from FAI I dropped my best Randy Jackson impression. Scheduler actually laughed

 

[Apophis]

I feel like anchorage summertime redeyes only sort of count as redeyes, since at cruise it never really gets dark. At least, that was how I always coped with 2 weeks of flying all night every night doing medevac up there.

Only time I did ANC-ATL was like 3rd week of September 2024. And it did get dark. And I most certainly suffered.

 

[woodreau]

If you want a good place to have reindeer is at Gwennies. They have good reindeer breakfast sausage.

Made it over to gwennies for the reindeer sausage breakfast. Not bad
It was a lotta food

 

[ASpilot2be]

Made it over to gwennies for the reindeer sausage breakfast. Not bad
It was a lotta food

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It's definitely greasy spoon cafe portions there.

 

[ASpilot2be]

Just found a new breakfast option I enjoy at my favorite coffee shop, Midnight Sun Cafe. Their avocado toast(now I can't afford a house), with an egg.

 

[Richman]

ANC never did anything for me. Always seemed like Fargo with better scenery.

 

[ASpilot2be]

ANC never did anything for me. Always seemed like Fargo with better scenery.

ANC itself sucks. You have to leave the city to see the good stuff unfortunately.

 

[JordanD]

Same! I’m jealous of yall that get to spend time there. If I want to get up to ANCt with my shop it requires a redeye in a Max to the east coast.

I'd rather be stabbed.

 

[Roger Roger]

I'd rather be stabbed.

If you go to the right part of downtown anchorage you can probably do that too

 

[Karnage]

ANC never did anything for me. Always seemed like Fargo with better scenery.

I say it’s Bismarck with better scenery, I think Fargo has better food that edges it above Anchorage, but that’s always been my impression.

If you go to the right part of downtown anchorage you can probably do that too

Half block from everyone’s favorite hotel is a detox center and there always seems to be a high concentration of homeless people around the Cook so you don’t need to walk far for that.

 

[JordanD]

I say it’s Bismarck with better scenery, I think Fargo has better food that edges it above Anchorage, but that’s always been my impression.



Half block from everyone’s favorite hotel is a detox center and there always seems to be a high concentration of homeless people around the Cook so you don’t need to walk far for that.

I didn’t expect Fargo to have a ton of awesome food. Underrated layover in the summer but I wouldn’t want to go anywhere near there in the winter.