I have finished my coursework at Embry-Riddle. So far I’ve had three celebration dinners. Tonight Jenny made baked potatoes, steamed veggies, and homemade beer bread, and I grilled filet mignons. We split a bottle of Michel-Schlumberger cabernet sauvignon that we’d been saving since 2004 for this very occasion. It was all delicious, the taste of victory. Tomorrow we’re set to leave for Ft Lauderdale. I plan to come home Halloween night, but Jenny has to go directly up to Baltimore and Philly for work.

In case you haven’t heard, the Wright Amendment is gone, replaced by immediate through-ticketing and full freedom in 2014. Many thanks to all the local leaders (whom I bashed so much in months past) for finally coming together to get the job done. Airfares are already dropping at DAL and DFW, just like we said they would.

Until we meet again…I’ll leave you with a link to a fabulous picture of Maho Beach in St Maarten. The airport (SXM) is right next to Maho Beach, so aircraft spotters come from around the world to take pictures of the planes as they land a few feet over the beach. There are signs posted on the beach warning you not to stand directly behind departing aircraft due to the jet blast. I hope to bring you some great pictures. =)