New job, and SNOW!

So, the new job with United is going GREAT and while the hours are a little unusual (3:30 p.m.- midnight), I'm finding it enjoyable. This is the last day of my first week there. People have no idea or respect for what it takes to work for an airline. The hiring process alone is so excruciating. Sooooo many background checks, and fingerprinting, and tests that have to be taken etc. Every time you move to a new airport, you have to learn the whole station again, and take all the airfield exams. Oh well, it's worth it.

So I never realized just how huge Denver International Airport was until I had to drive the whole airfield the other day for my competency test. It's HUGE! I'm also excited for the new types of planes I'll be predominantly working with. While at US Airways, it was mostly average sized Airbus and Boeing aircraft such as the A319, A320, and B737. Here, I work with the Boeing 757, 767, 777 and 747! All VERY large aircraft! I never realized just how big the 777 was until I was right up next to one last night. The are enormous, especially for a two engine aircraft. It's a fun new learning experience. I'm WAY ahead of the others in my training especially since I have airline experience, and already know all the city codes. The class I'm in is made up mostly of people who will be my subordinates :) That's always fun. I digress.

So I got of work last night right at midnight, got home about 12:25, and then went to bed. I was woken up by one of my roommates around three and he was telling me to move my car to the back, under the tree cause we were then getting our first major snow of the season. My car had been parked for maybe two and a half hours and already had a couple inches on it! By about 7 it had snowed over 4 inches! I love this weather! Anyways, I'm excited to see where this job, and this weather bring me next!