It’s going to be kind of hit and miss the next five days as I make my way out to the land of little sunshine, lots of drizzle, and nice new airplanes.

That’s right. I’m off to Seattle in the early hours tomorrow.

While there I’m looking forward to speaking to the Boeing North American Sales and Marketing team Friday. In addition I’ll have a chance to take a tour of Boeing’s various facilities, and yes, I hope I get to see a 787 in some state of production.

Won’t be back to Terra Firma South until the middle of the night Sunday.

PlaneBusiness Banter subscribers — we may be posting as late as Saturday this week — as a result of my trekking about.

But don’t forget. We have an interview in this week’s issue of PBB with former Southwest Airlines’ CEO Jim Parker — who sat down with us recently to talk about his new book, “Do The Right Thing; How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits.”

Jim is one of the “good guys” in this industry. And he is an avid sports fan. So you know we had a good time.

He’s also enjoying his new-found fame as a Dallas Cowboys’ head coach Wade Phillips look-a-like. Yep, more than one person has apparently stopped him of late and congratulated him on the team’s season. Jim told me he just thanks them and goes on with what he was doing. Just too difficult to try and explain they have the wrong guy.