Erika Armstrong

A Chick in the Cockpit (eBook, ePUB)

My Life Up in the Air

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard your flight. As you step onto my aircraft, take a quick glance into the cockpit. Yep, that's me sitting in the captains' seat, and that's my first officer laughing about how he accidentally locked himself out of his hotel room. Naked. Again. We're both a little ripe from flying for the last five days, but we're still smiling because we have spent years and thousands of hours training and living an uncommon lifestyle to be up here for you. For the next few hours, you have to turn your life over to us. It's hard to trust others, and there are moments when you don't have a choice about being in control. During those moments, you'll just have to tighten your seatbelt and trust that others will get you through the storm. Our route today will take you through a segment of my life up in the air, and you will see things you could never imagine. Since I have been locked in the cockpit with men for several thousands of hours over the years, I have been given a perspective few get to experience. To help you see a different perspective, too, I am giving you a checklist to use as we move along our route. It will take you from gate to gate, and when we're done, we will have both learned a little more about what it takes to fly. Now...just sit back and relax. It's going to be a bumpy ride.” Erika Armstrong has worked every aspect of aviation in her twenty-five years in the industry, including an international corporate airline captain. She is an award-winning staff writer for Colorado Serenity Magazine and is a professional pilot columnist for Disciples of Flight, NYC Aviation, Contrails, Flying, LinkedIn, and Business Insider and is the owner of Leading Edge Aviation Consulting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Behler Publications, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781933016207
• Artikelnr.: 43810030

Autorenporträt

With twenty-five years in the aviation industry, Erika Armstrong has worked in every aspect of aviation, and is the first modern woman airline captain of a commercial Boeing 727 to write a book about her experiences.
She is an award winning staff writer for Colorado Serenity magazine and is also a contributing writer for Mountain Connection, General Aviation magazine and former editor/writer for Air Line Pilot Association. Most uniquely, Erika was an international corporate, airline, Red Cross and 24-hour air ambulance pilot/captain. Even though she isn't currently flying the heavy iron, she is entrenched in aviation. Erika owns Leading Edge Aviation Consulting and is currently a flight coordinator for International Jet Aviation Services.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1
Pre
Flight Briefing Chapter 2
Checklists Chapter 3
Before Start Checklist Chapter 4
Cleared to Start Chapter 5
Before Taxi Checklist Chapter 6
Cleared Into Position and Hold Chapter 7
Final Items Chapter 8
Cleared for Takeoff Chapter 9
Put on Your Seatbelts Folks, It's Gonna Be a Bumpy Ride Chapter 10
Cruise Checklist Chapter 11
Engine Fire, Failure or Separation Checklist Chapter 12
Rapid Decompression Checklist Chapter 13
Declare an Emergency Chapter 14
Approach to Landing Checklist Chapter 15
Abnormal Landing Checklist Chapter 16
After Landing Checklist Chapter 17
Post
flight Inspection and Reflection Chapter 18
Closing the Flight Plan Chapter 19
Layover at the Airport Hotel Chapter 20
Striving for the Perfect Flight Chapter 21
Contrails Epilogue Book Club Warrior Contest