I have flown close to 1000 in coach over the years. Sometimes that’s all there is. Back in the 70’s and 80’s the planes weren’t as full as they are today, so it wasn’t that bad. Also the first class meals today are the coach meals from that time (pretty close) There were even times I set up my Sony Disc player and speakers in the back of the plane and DJ’d . Fun times!

Passing 1.5 million PQM tonight flying with my wife to Melbourne to celebrate a good friends 70 th birthday. Past 20.7 million BIS last week going to Hawaii for a few days. With my brother. Should hit 21 million sometime in September or October. I’ll have a better estimate in the last week in June. My biggest gripe about FT is all the unwarranted United employee bashing . Over 10,000 flights and I can count on one hand the employees that woke up on the wrong side of bed, yet I could point out thousands that take great pride in their job and truly care about the customers. Very few people know the real truth about some of these incidents. If you all knew the truth about the dog that died in the overhead bin or especially the real story of what actually happened with the doctor Doa incident you would not be so hard on United. Just sayin, they have about 100,000 employees if only 1 % of them wake up on the wrong side of bed each morning that’s 1,000 people. ....and that doesn’t happen I believe. But even if it did, so what. Is there a school where ther isn’t 1 percent of the teachers that probably shouldn’t be teaching? Police depts? Fire departments? Hospitals? And don’t even go there with government! My father was miserable for most his life. It was like he went out of the way to always find something to complain about. I have found that the best parents, bosses,friends etc try to focus on the good in other people first. For as long as I’ve been consulting, I’ve always preached to start every meeting discussing the things people are doing right. I found that it also works extremely well with parenting. Until next time, safe journeys everyone and maybe go out of the way today to make 3 extra people smile.

Well didn’t hit the lottery. ( what a shock! Lol.) Back in the air today heading for Tokyo. I’ll pass 2 million PQM on the way. Looking at the calendar, it looks like I hit my 21 million in the first week of July. My summer like most unofficially starts Memorial Day. My wife and I celebrated that weekend at Nizuc in Cancun.....at least once in your life treat yourself to what I believe is Mexico’s best resort. Going to Vegas this weekend to see Gaga. Became a big fan after watching A Star is Born. Hope she sings a bunch of those songs. The following week it’s “Stukerfest” ( my 2 boys and my brother) at the Cubs - Sox game at Wrigley. 2 days later , my wife and I go see The Rolling Stones at Soldier Field in Chicago (thank-you United Auctions!!! ) The following day we take off to another favorite of ours , The Pavillions in Phuket (pool villa for sure). Great way to end June. I thank God every day for blessing me with the ability to take my wife and family on journeys that so many...so many more deserving people just don’t have that chance. In the fall I will begin on a project to try to change that. More details in the fall. In the meantime, enjoy the summer with your families and those you love. Growing up in a big family , we never traveled more than about 200 miles from the house until I was a senior in high school and took my first commercial flight (on United of course) to San Antonio. Before that, one of my most memorable adventures was “camping out” on the driveway , in the station wagon with the seats folded down and the windows open to here the sounds of the night. Great memories are made in many different ways. Make great ones this summer.