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Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need To Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, & Reflections (2013)

by Patrick Smith(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1402280912 (ISBN13: 9781402280917)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

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Sourcebooks

review 1: Патрик Смит - второй пилот с опытом работы в гражданской авиации больше чем в четверть века. Много лет он пиcал колонки для сетевых изданий (в том числе, для собственного сайта AskThePilot.com) про самолеты и прочие вопросы, связанные с авиацией.. Год назад Смит собрал все свои заметки и опубликовал в формате книги, которая мгновенно стала non-fiction бестселлером от New York Times. Книга представляет из себя сборник вопросов и ответов на все расх... moreожие темы, которые волнуют каждого, кто хоть иногда летает самолетами: что такое турбулетность, чем чревато обледенение, какие пассажирские самолеты круче, какие авиакомпании и аэропорты - полный отстой. Ничего революционного (плюс в тексте хватает воды и ностальгических отступлений), но прочитать любопытно и полезно. Особенно в том случае, если другой подобной книги на эту тему ты никогда прежде в руках не держал.
review 2: There were parts of this book that I really liked, and other portions not so much. Patrick Smith inarguably gives an insider's perspective on all things related to the airline industry. Some of these topics were rather fascinating, like the hurdles a pilot must get past in order to become a captain, and the rather crappy pay rates that accompany that hierarchical climb. However, there were plenty of other parts of the book where Smith goes off on tedious minutia related to the business. For example, he spends an incredible amount of time ranting about airline logos, slogans, fleet paint jobs, etcetera. There are similar tirades on airport architecture, commercial jet design aesthetics (or lack thereof), and plane manufacturer model numbering schemes. To say that Smith gets out into the geekish tedium of his trade at times is an understatement. I think the book overall would have been stronger if some of those musings were edited down.In other reviews of this book, I have seen readers say things along the lines of "I am a frequent flyer, so I did not learn too much from this book." I'm going to have to cry "bullshit" on that. I do not care how many flights you travel on, there are a lot of things that go on in the cockpit and behind the scenes that travelers just are not privy too. In my opinion, even the most seasoned traveler will learn something from this book; my only complaint is wading through all of the tedious rants to get to those insights. less

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