Wow, I've got like three books that I'm within 15 pages of finishing. Expect some book posts upcoming.
This one is called Ask The Pilot by Patrick Smith. It's a collection (or distillation) of salon.com essays about flying, from the point of view of a pilot. Now, I tend to think of myself as a pretty level-headed flier. I don't freak out unnecessarily, and I figure that pilots and flight crews know what they're doing 95% of the time (can't say the same for security screeners.) This book is well written for me, as well as for someone who is freaked out about flying. Basically: Airlines in the US are extremely regulated; if you sense anything wrong on a flight, you are over-reacting. There are enough buffers built in to the system to take care of things. Pilots are blue-collar professionals, not pampered primadonnas. In fact, there is precious little romance left in the industry, more's the pity. Good non-fiction, very informative.
(Book 4)
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Or is this just what they want you to think? Maybe I should read this book- or you could just tell me what it says- 'cause I was having a bit of a hard time with the turblence on my flight to Vegas last weekend... Good to know that we are safe, except from the occasional terrorist...
-A
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