TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Patrick TI - Cockpit confidential: everything you need to know about air travel : questions, answers, and reflections SN - 9781402280917 (paperback : alkaline paper) AV - HE9776 .S584 2013 U1 - 387.7 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Naperville, Illinois PB - Sourcebooks KW - Air travel KW - Miscellanea KW - Airplanes KW - Piloting KW - Aeronautics, Commercial KW - Airlines N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: The Painter's Brush -- Plane Truth : Things about Wings and Why Knots -- Elements of Unease : Turbulence, Windshear, Weather, and Worry -- What Goes Up : Takeoffs, Landings, and the Mysterious Between -- Flying for a Living : The Awe and Odd of a Life Aloft -- En Route : Life in the Cabin -- Must Come Down : Disasters, Mishaps, and Fatuous Flights of Fancy -- The Airlines We Love to Hate -- How to Speak Airline : A Glossary for Travelers ER -