Secrets of a Modern Day Flight Attendant Shhh! These are the innermost secrets of a modern day flight attendant. It’s not a quick read. But if you have time you need to know this stuff because it’s something that anyone who flies regularly needs to fully appreciate what the flight attendant who has your life […]
Airline Pilot Wannabes, Never Lose Hope! It was August, 1966. I had a massive 180 hours in my little black log book, the ink wasn’t even dry on my instrument ticket and I was headed back to Kansas City, Missouri to be interviewed for a Flight Officer position at TWA. If I got past the […]
Retired Pilot Adventure Travel: The Right to Fight for a Seat! The Definition of Non-Rev Adventure Travel? Pay No Money, Fight Your Way to the Front of the Line to Be Seen by the Boarding Agent and Pray for a Seat! As a former pilot and aviation copywriter with a passion for the kind of […]
Checklist for a Pilot’s Life As a former airline and corporate pilot, I lived by checklists. They kept me out of trouble when I figured I could handle everything because I thought I was so good and “didn’t need no stinkin’ checklists!” Checklists saved my bacon more than once. Here’s a short article, a checklist […]
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