Hard Landing
Hard Landing almost reads like a novel. It's very readable.
It's been awhile since I read it, but I seem to remember that the facts were documented, and those facts certainly are contrary to the perceptions that many of us have/had about our business.
For myself, what I took from it was a sense of perspective about the "forest" that existed at the time the book deals with. I believe that most of us tend to focus on the "trees", instead of the entire environment that existed at the time. Essentially, our industry was thrown to the wolves by a bunch of politicians who were looking for an "issue" that they could push and reap some publicity for themselves. Deregulation was dropped into the laps of the airlines with no regard for the problems of it's implementation; and Hard Landings does a good job of detailing the situation.
Next. My list of Pilot Must Reads
1. Island In The Sky by Ernest K Gann
2. any book by Ernest K Gann
3. The Pilots Burden By Robert Buck
4. Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langesw.....(cant spell it,
sorry)
regards
