Pilot
Essays

¶ … history of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and its achievements throughout its seventy years. Safety regulations, issues of aviation concern, and milestones in union negotiations are discussed.

Because pilots are just humans, they are prone to the same types of physical limitations that the rest of humanity, but the level of trust and responsibility assigned to these individuals makes their jobs that much more…

The high altitude environment is hostile to human life and to most other life forms that have not evolved in high altitude environments. At altitudes above 5,000 feet, atmospheric pressure begins to drop below the…