Tuesday, February 21, 2012

IPS 2012

IPS-Instructor Pilot Seminar.  We finished our two week IPS course last Friday.  What a great group of men from all parts of the globe to learn from and get to know.  Today starts my last seminar called CP/COM.  It stands for Chief Pilot/Chief of Maintenance.  I will be here in Idaho a few more days and then I'll be reunited with my family in Colorado for a little bit of vacation...I can't wait!

Monday, February 20, 2012

A Few Old Friends

One of my favorite things about serving with MAF is the great people we serve with.  Pictured above is Mateo.  He was also in Nampa a few weeks ago.  He has served at the MAF Ecuador program for the past 25 years.  It was great to chat with him and have some good laughs, especially since my Spanish is far from fluent anymore, and several times he gave me funny looks because I was unknowingly speaking Indonesian.

I accompanied a few other ex-Ecuador colleagues to a local ski area.  Fernando, second from the left, had never even seen snow first hand let alone skied on top of it.  Once again, lots of laughs were had watching him slip and slide all over the mountain.  Did I mention it was night skiing?  We serve with great people!