The Captain’s Corner Last week, Brenda and I saw this spectacular display of contrails (short for “condensation trails”). Covering the winter-morning sky were several crisscrossing white vapor trails that extended great distances. These “fingers in the sky” are formed when…
The Captain’s Corner Throughout my career with the airlines, I had many radio communications with the men and women of the air traffic control service. Each day these passionate professionals control thousands of flights with one goal: keeping two airplanes…
The Captain’s Corner The last five years during my career as an airline pilot, I flew back and forth from Philadelphia to seven cities in Europe. International flying across the north Atlantic brought a different set of procedures and practices…
The Captain’s Corner Public address announcements (“PA”s) from the cockpit to the passenger cabin are both frequent and required in airline flying. As Brenda often says, “Informed people are happy people.” This is especially true when flights are delayed, diverted,…
The little brown bags I’m using in the Countdown to Christmas aren’t big enough for today’s surprise! In fact, today’s gift is not for Joe…or for me. It’s for YOU! Joe and I are thrilled beyond even the happiest of…