Jumpseat Requalification

So, May/June for me is recurrent month. All of my dispatcher currency is due in late May till early June. Since I still had ground school to contend with, I decided to take a day and do my jumpseat requal first.

As dispatchers, we are required by FAR to occupy the jumpseat for five hours of observation. An hour can be substituted for every additional takeoff and landing down to two and a half hours. I decided to do our HNL-MKK-JHM-HNL and HNL-MKK-LNY-HNL legs with an additional HNL-JHM-HNL to requal on which based on the time, would give me 2.9 hours.

Show time for this was at 0555 at dispatch. I would be flying with Capt. Johnson and F/O Feddersohn and rounding out our merry crew was FA Muldowney in the back. N805WP would be our ship assigned to this trip. After the brief by the dispatcher we proceeded to our aircraft for the pre-flight and then taxi over to our gates at the commuter terminal.

Once loaded, with pax and commissary we taxied out to 8L via Lima and was cleared for immediate departure.

 Once airborne, we proceeded to PHMK/MKK airport. This early morning the ceiling was at about FL022 so we were in IMC conditions shortly after take off. But above FL040, it cleared out nicely.

Left turn to proceed direct the MKK VOR.  

This portion of the trip, HNL-MKK is only 17 min flight time, so it's a real busy flight for the crews. This morning's flight is no exception.

Our radar "paints out" the island of Molokai Because of the amount of clouds on the approach, we will be doing the MKK VOR A approach into MKK.

 As we begin to break thru the clouds, we can see that the south shore is clear of clouds and we can see the MKK airport in the distance. From here its just a few more minutes before were established on the approach and we are landing. Like I said, a real busy leg for the crews.

Looking along Molokai south shore towards Kaunakakai.

Established on the base leg of our approach, The airport is in the clear of the weather that we had been in shortly after departure from HNL.

On short final to RWY 05, weather is starting to close in from the north

Welcome to Molokai!

Next blog...off to Kapalua-West Maui