Luck of the time and place, Matt. I get the babysitting 2,000 foot at a time climbs across umpteen sectors following the bunches of airplanes going the same way at the same time as I did before the crockdown.
There are no airplanes in storage at my airline.
ATC still is, and forever shall be by my 47 years experience, on its butt. They closed the gulf the other day but I refiled west out of Orlando and pushed the issue by taking deviations for WX to get my intended and desired route which was best and most efficient as well as clear of weather to Galveston and beyond… the gulf closure was not explained just what flow did that morning and left it all fricking day and never changed it once they left for home. 2 1/2 years to go to retirement and looking forward to it…