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JetHead, The Novel: Chapter 2.
Have you read Chapter 1? Scroll down and you’ll find it. Here’s Chapter 2. Chapter 2: Lurch and The Beaver The spool-up growl of the big Snecma engines building to takeoff power still gave him a shot...
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The No-Drama Airline Cockpit
The No-Drama Airline Cockpit Set aside the Hollywood depictions of airline pilots in the cockpit struggling with emergencies, as well as the over-hyped tales from the passenger cabin of chaos and...
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Airport Security Screening Illustrated
If you’re planning your air travel or just stuck in line at the airport, here’s some “enlightenment” to entertain and inform you. You may have heard reports of atrocious security lines and enraged...
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Just Fly the Jet and STFU.
Marketing honcho says inflight announcements “degrade the premium experience for our valued frequent flyers.” So, he implores, you captains: minimize your use of the PA during the flight for their...
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Drunks on a Plane.
Drunks on a Plane By Chris Manno I’ve been a captain at a major airline for almost 25 years now, and one sad but preventable liability remains unaddressed through all of my thousands of flight hours:...
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The Big 3 Air Travel Hacks
The airport today looks like a refugee crisis, with roiling crowds, congested waiting areas, interminable lines and rampant discontent. Regardless, here 3 vital but very simple air travel hacks that...
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How Can an Airliner Land at the Wrong Airport?
How Can an Airliner Land at the Wrong Airport? Air travelers are asking, “How can a modern airliner land at the wrong airport?” My answer is simple: very easily. Let me explain. First, flying a jet is...
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Air Travel: What You SHOULD Worry About.
There’s seldom a day that passes without some type of media headline regarding an air “scare.” But the news stories are mostly about minor hassles such as a divert or a passenger disturbance, maybe...
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Airline Pilot: Paint Me Another Landing
Passengers experience the approach from the back of the jet: sinking lower, corrections left and right, a wingtip dipping, maybe the mush of a rudder step against the crosswind. Landing soon. Right?...
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Now With New Videos Embedded!
An Airline Pilot’s Life just got better: 15 embedded videos of commentary and photos from first solo to supersonic solo to airline captain upgrade and more! The links are embedded in the Kindle...
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