The weather was interesting in both Sydney and Melbourne. Totally screwed my day up, but I was only one of very many.
I was supposed to pax from Albury to Sydney this morning for the first of two sims. When I got to the airport, I found that my flight had been cancelled...which meant I wouldn’t make the sim in time. But, I’d been booked on the next flight. I spoke to scheduling in Sydney, which is when I first got an idea of the magnitude of the problems. They said to come up anyway, and they’d sort something out with the sim. I then found that the next flight was now also cancelled...but I was given a boarding pass for a flight on Saturday. Not much use, so after another chat to Sydney, decided to drive to Melbourne, and catch a flight from there. They booked me on one...
But, when I arrived in Melbourne I found that it too had been cancelled. And so was the next one they’d slid me to. Ultimately given a boarding pass, for a flight over 24 hours away. Also no use, as I need to be back in Melbourne to operate the 35 on Sunday. As luck would have it, I’d been chatting to one of the 737 pilots in the crew room, and he’d offered a jump seat if needed..and in the end that got me to Sydney.
So, I’ll get one sim done tomorrow, but whether I can actually get back to Melbourne afterwards remains to be seen.