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Picture of the day! This is the largest and most expensive aircraft I've worked on. It's also the newest aircraft in the fleet at just five weeks old. This is a 787-900 Dreamliner. This one has been flying between LA and Denver for awhile now, but they're planning on using this bird to fly to Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia next year. (After they make sure it'll actually make the trip across the ocean that is.) This flight was kind of emotional for me, I played the role of Final Marshaller on pushback. Basically what that means is I hold the aircraft until crew and equipment is clear from the path of travel, then I salute the Captain off. The salute is pretty important in aviation, it's considered bad luck if it isn't performed and a plane won't move until it's given, but I digress. I had the cheesiest grin after saluting the aircraft off, you probably could have seen it a mile away. It's hard and very dangerous work, but I love what I do.
