It's a bittersweet day as an American Airlines icon bids farewell. 36 years of greatness has now come to an end as the McDonald Douglas MD-80 better known as the "Mad Dog" and "Super 80" officially enters retirement today. It's final flight with American Airlines Flight# 80 from Dallas (DFW) to Chicago (ORD) this morning is now a story in the aviation history books. It's final resting place will be the boneyard in Roswell, New Mexico. What a marvelous aircraft and definitely one of my favorites. I had the opportunity to fly on an MD-80 from Charlotte to Dallas in the summer of 2012 before finally calling Texas my new home. Now I have to find a nice scale model just like the one in the picture.
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I've been trying very hard to get a pilot spot with JetBlue Airways the past three years. This year I nailed the initial assessment and made it to the phone interview portion for the first time. Then a week later I was invited to Orlando for an in-person interview with a panel and other candidates. It was great to get away from Texas for a few days and fly out to JetBlue University in Orlando. The interview went well. The second assessment test was easy. I felt like killed it on the simulator test better than everyone else. I was the only one in my group with a Masters degree in aviation and flying experience. Got an email two weeks ago that I didn't make the selection because of more "competitive" candidates. Apparently I didn't stand out enough in the group activities. That just took all the oxygen out of me hearing that. I felt defeated. I got depressed briefly. I worked so hard to get to that point and then to fail. Is it fair? No. All you can do is get up, dust yourself off and climb that mountain again. God knows how long I've been preparing myself b0th mentally and physically for this opportunity. Not to mention the spiritual preparation in trusting His timing.
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