2025 in Review...How Much Did You Fly?

woodreau said:
K4 been an adjustment in more ways than one. Just glad to be here. Never in my aviation career did I ever envision flying a widebody or flying anywhere other than the US.

More sobering was going thru the logbook and seeing it firsthand on the map last night how the route network declined / collapsed in 2025 along with trip quality as the airline cut routes and frequency.

But hey, managed to knock out Tokyo Disney and Hong Kong Disney within 4 days of each other on the same trip for the same price as a one-day ticket to Epcot for one of their festivals I’d do during a MCO layover, getting egg salad sandwiches at the 7-11, and finding out the US turned over the Yongsan Army garrison back to Korea where I used to hang out doing stupid things 30 years ago.
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I apologize for the thread drift. When were you at Yongsan? I was over there 1990-92. My dad was stationed there with the Air Force. That was my junior/senior year of high school.
 
484 block
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84 landings
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woodreau said:
K4 been an adjustment in more ways than one. Just glad to be here. Never in my aviation career did I ever envision flying a widebody or flying anywhere other than the US.

More sobering was going thru the logbook and seeing it firsthand on the map last night how the route network declined / collapsed in 2025 along with trip quality as the airline cut routes and frequency.

But hey, managed to knock out Tokyo Disney and Hong Kong Disney within 4 days of each other on the same trip for the same price as a one-day ticket to Epcot for one of their festivals I’d do during a MCO layover, getting egg salad sandwiches at the 7-11, and finding out the US turned over the Yongsan Army garrison back to Korea where I used to hang out doing stupid things 30 years ago.
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It's an adjustment for sure. I am on the 777 over at the other ACMI. If you have questions about the lifestyle, feel free to ask. Sounds like you're making the most of it, which is awesome.
 
Maximilian_Jenius said:
Only 118, in the official state bird of Florida?
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118 in the 767. At my seniority you don't see it much. This year for me it was for the handful of international and Hawaii trips, Anchorage, a few transcons, and the occasional Florida turn because you can't escape that either. Most of the time I'm in the 757, going to Florida from either ATL, DTW, or MSP, as well as lots of the former Maddog east coast flying. It does it's fair share of west coast legs too. I did get lucky with a few sports charters, a bit of Caribbean, and a few Bogota layovers (which seems to go junior in waves as many people don't like going there. I don't know why because it's one of my favorites).
 
DeltaAlphaNovember said:
I apologize for the thread drift. When were you at Yongsan? I was over there 1990-92. My dad was stationed there with the Air Force. That was my junior/senior year of high school.
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I wasn’t permanently stationed at Yongsan, just deployed to Korea 3 times on 40-45 day deployments from Okinawa for the annual August Ulchi exercises in 1997, 1998 and 1999, “camping” in the middle of Seoul or Osan in the temporary army life support areas that were set up all over for the exercise, nothing nice like what Air Force got. After hours they let us run around Itaewon. But admonished us to stay away from all the reddish glowing alleys. lol. Right.

ASpilot2be said:
It's an adjustment for sure. I am on the 777 over at the other ACMI. If you have questions about the lifestyle, feel free to ask. Sounds like you're making the most of it, which is awesome.
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Spent most of the trip in December trying revisit places I’d been 25-30 years ago only to find these places no longer exist.

I’m trying to decide after finishing OE whether to just get my 1 landing a month to stay current or let my landings expire so that I go back to the sim to get current again 🤷‍♂️and use the flights to get me to the next layover being a lazy RP instead of a lazy Capt for the rest of my career. Or collect the 747 type in 2 years and then retire.
 
woodreau said:
Spent most of the trip in December trying revisit places I’d been 25-30 years ago only to find these places no longer exist.

I’m trying to decide after finishing OE whether to just get my 1 landing a month to stay current or let my landings expire so that I go back to the sim to get current again 🤷‍♂️and use the flights to get me to the next layover being a lazy RP instead of a lazy Capt for the rest of my career. Or collect the 747 type in 2 years and then retire.
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That's a tough decision for sure. It's easy to be lazy in this job for sure.
 
woodreau said:
I wasn’t permanently stationed at Yongsan, just deployed to Korea 3 times on 40-45 day deployments from Okinawa for the annual August Ulchi exercises in 1997, 1998 and 1999, “camping” in the middle of Seoul or Osan in the temporary army life support areas that were set up all over for the exercise, nothing nice like what Air Force got. After hours they let us run around Itaewon. But admonished us to stay away from all the reddish glowing alleys. lol. Right.



Spent most of the trip in December trying revisit places I’d been 25-30 years ago only to find these places no longer exist.

I’m trying to decide after finishing OE whether to just get my 1 landing a month to stay current or let my landings expire so that I go back to the sim to get current again 🤷‍♂️and use the flights to get me to the next layover being a lazy RP instead of a lazy Capt for the rest of my career. Or collect the 747 type in 2 years and then retire.
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Come on over. I’ll give you OE and you can experience all China has to offer. :biggrin:
 
woodreau said:
I wasn’t permanently stationed at Yongsan, just deployed to Korea 3 times on 40-45 day deployments from Okinawa for the annual August Ulchi exercises in 1997, 1998 and 1999, “camping” in the middle of Seoul or Osan in the temporary army life support areas that were set up all over for the exercise, nothing nice like what Air Force got. After hours they let us run around Itaewon. But admonished us to stay away from all the reddish glowing alleys. lol. Right.



Spent most of the trip in December trying revisit places I’d been 25-30 years ago only to find these places no longer exist.

I’m trying to decide after finishing OE whether to just get my 1 landing a month to stay current or let my landings expire so that I go back to the sim to get current again 🤷‍♂️and use the flights to get me to the next layover being a lazy RP instead of a lazy Capt for the rest of my career. Or collect the 747 type in 2 years and then retire.
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Ah yes. Hooker hill.
 
410 hours
35 fewer hours than last year, so at least I'm trending in the right direction.
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218.2 logged, 267 including DH's during my last year based @ home. Along with a few commutes back/forth to the JFK area in prep for moving bases next week along with one back and forth to the sim for landings. RSV for life.
 
I remember many years in the 90's, back in the short leg 727 days, where I'd fly 100 hours per year. Also, the good times on reserve in ONT when it was well staffed. If it had been like that in 2021, I'd still be flying big jets until forced out next May by the geezer rule.
 
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