Captain Chesley Sullenburger's autobiopgraphy of "The Miracle on the Hudson" titled "Higher Power" will hit the bookstands this month and will become the household word over the next two years.
His book and others like it will raise awareness to the aviation industry in recognizing that every flight flown by flight crews is completed with full attention to detail. It is this attention and experience that, when needed, will be drawn upon.
Sully drew on these years of experience the instant that he needed it. This experience does not come easy, and at a time when some pilots are being issuesd food stamps to stay above water, it is important that we highlight how fragile our safety is becoming.
Security with safety are now the buzzwords many enterprises ride on. My career was part of this heritage. Future pilots need to bring back those standards. they will be lookin for similar books about the private lives of their pilots.
As a pilot and aviation employee for 39 years, I wrote, "A Pilot's Memoirs-From The Ground Up." I came up the hard way and worked in every conceivable position imaginable, from passenger service representative to International Airline Captain. This book encompasses a broad spectrum.
Come with me while I take you behind the scenes into the personal lives of the flight crews and into the cockpit known as "No Man's Land." I also will show you how 911 could have been averted by the flight crew and what really brought down TWA 800 in July of 1996, just to name a few.
If I have stirred your interest and you would like to come aboard, please contact me at ngjd@bellsouth.net.
Nicholas Gravino Jr.
Delta Air Lines Captain, ret.
Vero Beach
Friday, October 9, 2009
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