Recent books by Airline Pilots?
03-12-2012, 08:10 PM
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Cockpit Confessions of an Airline Pilot (maybe that's what the earlier poster meant but they stated Flight Engineer). Not very PC and some of it is hard to believe, but maybe things were that crazy back then.
Squawk 7700 - Been around in various shapes for several years and this latest one has Jeffrey Skiles blessing and a pointless (you can easily find it yourself) appendix with CVR's and NTSB reports of the Colgan & Bluegrass CRJ event. The American Eagle Puerto Rico portion of the book gets to the point of being somewhat unbelievable and the interaction with some female F/O is tiring and made me skip multiple pages at a time.
Squawk 7700 - Been around in various shapes for several years and this latest one has Jeffrey Skiles blessing and a pointless (you can easily find it yourself) appendix with CVR's and NTSB reports of the Colgan & Bluegrass CRJ event. The American Eagle Puerto Rico portion of the book gets to the point of being somewhat unbelievable and the interaction with some female F/O is tiring and made me skip multiple pages at a time.
03-12-2012, 08:24 PM
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I have read most of them and in the end "Fate is the Hunter" by Gann has more to say than any of them, and in the best possible way.
It may seem dated to some, but in reality the same stories have been told again and again. We are all just slow learners.
It may seem dated to some, but in reality the same stories have been told again and again. We are all just slow learners.
03-12-2012, 09:02 PM
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I agree, but did he ever find the right time to ask O'Conner what the arrow in the snow meant?
03-12-2012, 09:16 PM
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03-18-2012, 09:21 AM
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Thanks for all the books, I'll have to get busy!
Amazon.com: Hauling Checks: a novel (9781449563332): Alex Stone: Books
I just skimmed that last one, Hauling Checks, looks pretty funny. My first paid flying job was hauling checks, I guess I missed my opportunity to write that book!
I should get started on, "The Curse of the RJ" or something similar I guess, before someone else does!
Amazon.com: Hauling Checks: a novel (9781449563332): Alex Stone: Books
I just skimmed that last one, Hauling Checks, looks pretty funny. My first paid flying job was hauling checks, I guess I missed my opportunity to write that book!
I should get started on, "The Curse of the RJ" or something similar I guess, before someone else does!
03-18-2012, 12:13 PM
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Thanks for all the books, I'll have to get busy!
Amazon.com: Hauling Checks: a novel (9781449563332): Alex Stone: Books
I just skimmed that last one, Hauling Checks, looks pretty funny. My first paid flying job was hauling checks, I guess I missed my opportunity to write that book!
I should get started on, "The Curse of the RJ" or something similar I guess, before someone else does!
Amazon.com: Hauling Checks: a novel (9781449563332): Alex Stone: Books
I just skimmed that last one, Hauling Checks, looks pretty funny. My first paid flying job was hauling checks, I guess I missed my opportunity to write that book!
I should get started on, "The Curse of the RJ" or something similar I guess, before someone else does!
03-18-2012, 01:08 PM
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Thanks for the reviews.
Have any of you read the Charles Lindbergh bio, "We"? I couldn't find it at my local used book store, but I've never talked to anyone who's actually read it, just wondering if it's worth the time and money.
http://www.amazon.com/We-Daring-Rema...6&sr=1-2-spell
While looking for that book, at my local used book store, I found a very good book by his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, about a flight the two of them made in 1931, to the Orient, called North to the Orient. (for only $5!)
They did this first ever trip (to the Orient, from USA) in a two place, open cockpit, single engine, float plane! Starting on Long Island, up over Canada, and on down to the Japanese islands!
http://www.amazon.com/North-Orient-H...2105007&sr=1-1
She's an excellent writer and it was great to hear the story from a woman/wife non-pilot's point of view.
Have any of you read the Charles Lindbergh bio, "We"? I couldn't find it at my local used book store, but I've never talked to anyone who's actually read it, just wondering if it's worth the time and money.
http://www.amazon.com/We-Daring-Rema...6&sr=1-2-spell
While looking for that book, at my local used book store, I found a very good book by his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, about a flight the two of them made in 1931, to the Orient, called North to the Orient. (for only $5!)
They did this first ever trip (to the Orient, from USA) in a two place, open cockpit, single engine, float plane! Starting on Long Island, up over Canada, and on down to the Japanese islands!
http://www.amazon.com/North-Orient-H...2105007&sr=1-1
She's an excellent writer and it was great to hear the story from a woman/wife non-pilot's point of view.
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