It’s not every day that a veteran MAF pilot gets to see one of his earlier passengers grow up and become a pilot himself. But
In January, on our two year anniversary of living and serving here, a deep homesickness hit me—HARD. This was a different kind of homesickness than
Dear Scooter, We’re such good friends now that this may come as a shock, but here’s the truth. I didn’t like you at first. In
MAF pilots are required to regularly inspect the airstrips where we fly to ensure that our standards for runway maintenance are kept appropriately. Last week
Preparing to go back to Indonesia from furlough always proves a hectic time. There are goodbyes to be said, details to be finished and last
It’s dinner time. The setting equatorial sun—every day the same time all year long—and my three kids tell me it’s time. And if the “I’m
Every once in a while I have a flight that I know will be forever etched in my memory. It could be because it’s traumatic,
What’s it like to move across town in Indonesia? It’s 17 pickup truck and car loads of our stuff, carted across town to our new
