Blue Skies by Robyn Carr

Author:Robyn Carr [Carr, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2004-10-09T22:00:00+00:00

Nikki saw to it that Danny was awarded the director of training position, which he ecstatically accepted. This was exactly what he had hoped for. Eric was asked to select a couple of pilots from the first thirty hires to help him form a hiring committee. Both men would be check airmen if the FAA gave its blessing to their check rides.

Danny immediately set about the task of hiring instructors, both ground school and simulator. As in other areas of the industry, there was a surplus of talent available. He had the cream of the crop to choose from.

Once the interviewing process and background checks were complete, the training for both pilots and flight attendants commenced. The number of bodies in and around New Century was growing by dozens…dozens that soon would turn into hundreds.

The first class of pilots, no matter how vast their experience, had to go through FAA-approved training in every new company. That involved three weeks of ground school, two weeks of simulator training and twenty-five hours of IOE—Initial Operating Experience. That meant check airmen would ride along to observe how the pilot carried out operating procedures for that particular aircraft and airline. NCA didn’t have simulators, so they booked their sim time at, of all places, Aries.

Before the first class of pilots was shipped off for their simulator training, the second class would be in ground school and the third class would be in the hiring process. And the potential future hires were still putting flowers, candy and other little gifts on Dixie’s desk. Dixie in turn endeared herself to the other employees by making sure it was spread all over the building.

The kids had started school, and since they were not yet in their house, Nikki had to take them and pick them up whenever Carlisle was working. Buck and Pistol were making a habit of their weekend visits, but as the kids began to go out with their new friends, Buck found himself making an occasional visit to one of the casinos’ poker tables. Or craps. Or blackjack.

One Sunday as he was getting ready to return to Phoenix, he handed Nikki an envelope. She opened it and found a check for twenty-five thousand dollars. “What in the world…?”

“Rent,” he said.

“What rent?”

“Rent you paid me when you moved back in with me. I never wanted it. I told you I never wanted it. You paid rent, you bought groceries, you gave that slimeball ex-husband child support, which he probably day-traded away, and you never once asked for help. Not with the lawyers or the kids or even the overmortgaged house he dumped on you. So just take it like a good daughter and put some halfway decent furniture in that new house.”

She could have cried, it touched her so.

The next thing she did was sit Carlisle down for a chat.

“I’m going to close on the house in about ten days, Carlisle. I don’t know what your plans are, exactly. You’ve been talking about renting an apartment or something until you can get things sorted out with Robert.

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