Mariia ✈︎

Aviator
Traveler
Amateur photographer

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Today I saw horses. Each time, their grace and beauty take my breath away. For one moment, time stands still, and I’m that child again, seeing wonder for the first time.

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Go to salon after night work, why not! Ahm, #fashion changes, trends come and go. But my hands? They don't. I know for sure: even at 80, I'll be sitting in that #manicure chair with flawless polish, while my old husband tries to guess which color I picked this time, heheh!

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Tonight there's a massive CB right over the airfield. All the traffic is avoiding it by going far to the north side. Keep an eye on the #weather, folks.

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Break, half a shift ahead. And I think that if I have another life, I want to spend it with these birds again. #avgeek

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

I learned Greek on #Duolingo years ago. Now I need a visa for #Greece. Maybe nothing is a coincidence?!

Ί��ως το σύμπαν έχει σχέδια για μένα…

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

I never take ID photos when I'm in a normal state. Only after a sleepless work shift or a transcontinental flight. Tomorrow again - no other time slot available. Hello, red eyes. Hello, vegetable face. Maybe it's karma?!
#busy #zombie #ID #vegetable

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Can we please get 30 hour days before night shifts? So I can actually sleep, do all the things, get ready, and show up like a human, not like a zombie. #avgeek #tonsofcoffee

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Morning shift. Fog like milk. Coffee strong. All arriving flights diverted to alternates.
The fog finished & that whole flock of winged hooligans burst onto the frequency!!! The shift is over & all I want now is just some silence.

#flights #airport #winged #hooligans

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

The pilot requested vectoring due to a GPS failure. I gave the instruction to maintain heading 310 & literally a minute later: "Resumed own navigation".
If only navigation always came back that quickly! Magic? I don’t think so…
#aviation #busy #shift

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Watched One Life: an ordinary man saved 669 kids & was silent 50 years. The TV moment: hundreds of the children he saved, all grown up, are there & he can’t say anything. That silence said it all. Amazing real story! People like him are the light of this world. #Winton #Hopkins

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

#Evening. Hot tea with lemon & honey instead of medicine. I’m wrapped in a blanket like a #burrito. Mom is picking a #film to take my mind off the fever. I feel like a little kid again, and this is the best healing there is.

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

October 2, 2021. #Sarajevo in the evening. Planes leave lines in the sky. Walls have scars from war. The city smells like #coffee. Pain and comfort, #memory and life all mixed together. I walk alone, but I feel the stones whisper: "You are not a stranger."

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Being completely #busy is what I need right now.

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

"In a short time the #airplane would enter man's unnatural element, the skies; and because it was unnatural there had always been, and would forever remain, a component of #adventure and romance."

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Happy #AirFleetDay, colleagues!

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Vacation over. Voice over. Coincidence?! I don’t think so… It's called a two-year-long message. #psychosomatic #hello

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Night. Silence. Eyes closed, but my brain is already at work. Cough and runny nose are having a #party - because why not?! But I'm the main guest who can't fall asleep. Work tomorrow. #Sick leave? Not an option…🤧

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Miracle! My lost luggage is coming back to me via Moscow, thanks to the Turkish lost & found service. So much appreciation for the whole team and extra gratitude for your kindness, compassion, and professionalism.

#IST #Pegasus #Turkishairlines

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

Sometimes a chance meeting is a whole life. I believe angels come without warning. Today I met one of them and I know this moment will stay with me #forever. I don't know the name of the kid, who wanted me to be her mom, but I'll pray that her life is happy and bright. Amen.

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

On my way home, luggage with me, nerves calm, no baggage claim chaos, and zero worry that my bag ended up in a different city or country. Perfect.

#travel #lostandfound

[Mariia ✈︎ @apchuh]

It’s a #paradox: when you’re truly happy, time compresses to seconds. Weekend’s done, bags are packed, back to the working routine tomorrow.

#sky #clouds