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Today's Flight Plan

As a pilot or aviation enthusiast, you may have had a question or two from time-to-time about air travel. You know, those burning questions like ‘Will Turbulence Kill Me’, or ‘Does the TSA actually keep us safe?’.

While most pilots and aviators integrate into the travel system with ease, often the normal every-day passenger does not. These people enter a machine they know very little about, in a complex orchestration of coordinated people making the flight possible, and are at the mercy of two guys - up front - behind a closed door - touching knobs, switches, and levers they know nothing about.

Our guest today, Patrick Smith, has taken upon himself to answer some of these - and really many - burning questions in air travel. As an airline pilot himself, he writes the complex into a string information that the every-day-joe can understand.

Patrick is an interesting guy. Of course he loves airplanes, but that isn’t what drove him to his job as an airline pilot. Yes, he gets to fly- but just as much as the flying, he enjoyed the travel and adventure of it all. And, even enjoys the inner workings and operations of the airline and air travel system.

Today we’re joined by Patrick as he talks about some of the things he does in educating the general public. But, because we’re aviation nerds, we dive in to some of the pilot talk that he rarely gets to engage in with his particular type of audience.

Useful Links

Cockpit Confidential (http://amzn.to/1PyPO8h)
AskThePilot.com (http://www.askthepilot.com)

Credits

Patrick Smith

A big thanks to Patrick for joining us on this episode. I really enjoyed the conversation!

Crew

Major thanks to the amazing Angle of Attack Crew for all their hard work over the years. Our team works incredibly hard, and they're very passionate about what they do.

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