Re: Winter Storm 1

So,

It turns out my friend Ryan Stuart was on that Mesa Airlines/United Express aircraft that got stuck in Des Moines.

On top of that, he was in the exact picture that the Des Moines Register used for its web-front to illustrate said stuck aircraft:


That's him, in the left corner, the only dude who was not, as he put it, an "astronaut." Talking on his cell phone.

Hollywood.

Anywho, I talked to Ryan - who was jumpseating to ORD to commute to his base in Columbus, Ohio (CMH), where he flies the E-135/40/45 for Republic Airlines . He obviously had no luck getting through ORD, but was able to get there through the back door (St. Louis).

He did say, however, that because he is obviously dressed up in his pilot garb, most people logically thought he was the pilot of the plane. Apparently the picture is all over the pilot message boards and many regional pilots across the country are making fun of little Ryan Stuart for jumpseating on an inopportune flight.

In other news - the New England Patriots are trying to score to go up on the Baltimore Ravens and stay undefeated, and I need to watch it.